Based on the responses I received to last week’s column, it’s clear that bullying is a real problem in our nation’s offices. But I also believe it’s a problem we can overcome. To refresh your memory, I wrote last week about a May 2014 VitalSmarts survey of 2,283 people in which 96 percent of respondents said they had experienced workplace bullying. What’s worse is that the respondents said 89 percent of office bullies had been at it for more than a year, and 54 percent had been exhibiting bad behavior for more than five years.
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