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The focal point of organizing is self-confidence. On a personal level it’s:
(1) Marshaling the strength to launch your persona;
(2) Giving yourself permission to share your unique gifts with others, bestowing these despite perceived push back. Organization is shedding those attitudes that hold us back, those that prevent us from assuming our position as autonomous, independent, fully functioning human beings. Turn the page…
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“The perpetrator – the person who’s ‘dissing’ another – acts in a manner that shows complete disregard for the target’s humanity” (Namie, 2011).
At work, do you always feel like you’re a hair trigger away from getting your hand slapped? Are compliments few and sparsely administered, whereas reprimands are plentiful, exaggerated, and designed to let you know who’s boss? Managers’ focus signals which activities they most enjoy. Abusers spend more time punishing individuals than praising them – if the reverse were true, perhaps there would be more to praise in the first place. Turn the page…
Jackie Gilbert is a Professor of Management in the Middle Tennessee State University College of Business.
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