Combatting Workplace Bullying with Empathy Ft. Linda Crockett Purposeful Empathy Hosted by Anita Nowak

Watch this episode to learn why trauma-informed training is essential to fight the epidemic of workplace harassment and bullying. Linda Crockett is a social worker-turned workplace harassment and anti-bullying specialist. She is also the founder of the Canadian Institute Of Workplace Bullying Resources. In this episode, she shares her personal story as a victim of workplace bullying, and makes the case for why leaders and organizations must do more to promote psychological safety at work. 00:00 Introduction 00:26 About Linda Crockett 01:47 What is workplace bullying? 04:46 The injuries of workplace bullying 08:54 The prevalence of workplace bullying 09:50 Linda’s lived experience with workplace bullying 13:13 What are the tactics of a workplace bully? 19:51 The spectrum of workplace bullies 25:16 The bystanders of workplace bullying 27:33 Why silence and shame are dangerous in a toxic workplace 29:05 The need for trauma-informed investigations 31:40 Linda’s message to business leaders 33:22 What trauma-informed training looks like 39:11 Linda Crockett’s Purposeful Empathy story CONNECT WITH LINDA CROCKETT ✩Website: https://instituteofworkplacebullyingresources.ca/ ✩Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/ciwpbr ✩ Twitter:@bullyingalberta ✩ Instagram: @workplace_harassment_resources ✩ Media: https://instituteofworkplacebullyingresources.ca/media/ CONNECT WITH ANITA ✩ Email [email protected] ✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com/ ✩ LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak ✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram ✩ Twitter https://twitter.com/anitanowak21 ✩ Facebook Page https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyFacebook ✩ Facebook Group https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyCommunity ✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast Video edited by David Tsvariani