Bullying in projects: take stand or ignore? Will it go away?

Ethics

Simona Bonghez Managing Partner| Colors in Projects ltd Bucharest, Romania

Bullying can be as harmful in the workplace as it is in schools, causing well-understood emotional and physical impacts, plus a long list of challenges for employees and organizations. When a bully is operating in a project, the immediate impact is on the team.
While we understand this, in the whirl of the project, under the pressure of deadlines, we often choose to ignore it and overlook the possible toxic effect. Since sometimes taking a stand against will cause even more disturbance, should we just forget it and focus on our concrete project problems?

Posted: Oct 14, 2020 2:55 AM

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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina

Oct 15, 2020 1:27 PM

Replying to Simona Bonghez

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These are exactly the situations I was referring when asking if it is the case to take stand. And you did, no matter the financial consequences, chapeux bas! I'm sure that it was not an easy decision.
My point is that if all of us - who understand and are aware of these situation - we refuse to ignore, than maybe we can change the perspective of others, making them aware, pointing out that this is not something that we can overlook.

@Simona, it is difficult to write this because as I mentioned, in my personal experience, country culture impacts a lot on how things are interpreted or perceived because as you know, this type of things, at the end, is a mater of perception or intepretation which is subjective. But with that said, some basic rules drive my way of thinking and behave: 1-do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you. 2-I have a wife, daughter and son and I never accept from anyone, no matter their position or level of importance, that they treat others as I do not like that my wife, son, or daughter are treated or that they treat others. But as I mentioned, I learned along the years, that those things which are
that are aberrant in my culture are normal in other cultures, which is unacceptable to me but I must try to understand the dynamics of that belief system and after that act in consequence.

Posted: Oct 15, 2020 2:26 PM (Updated by author: Oct 15, 2020 2:29 PM)

Alankar Karpe Project and program management, Speaker and mentor | Wipro Bangalore, India

Taking stand against bullying is important from the future standpoint else it will become a norm.

Posted: Oct 19, 2020 6:06 AM

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