Workplace Bullying Institute

Workplace Bullying Basics

Is your misery a case of Workplace Bullying?

  • Our Definition of Bullying -- Basis for proposed U.S. state laws

  • You Know You are Bullied When ... Recognize the Warning Signs

  • Wanda's Song ... a tune by Nashville-based brothers group The Readings that begs the question targets long to ask their bullies -- Would you do the things you do if you were me and I were you?

    Now that you know what is happening to you, discover more:

  • Bullying Defined

  • Bully Types and Their Destructive Tactics (with illustrations by Mark Hughes) -- Screaming Mimi, Gatekeeper, Constant Critic, 2-Headed Snake

  • Why Bullies Bully
    The Shortest Explanation
    A (Nearly) Complete Explanation
    Our Preferred 3-Factor Explanation

  • Negative Health Impact on Bullied Targets

  • Costs to Employers

  • Who Gets Targeted (or Why Me?)

  • Years of media coverage of Workplace Bullying and WBI including several Today Shows, Good Morning America, Nightline See how media describe the subject in the posted articles. 650+ interviews appearances to date

    Do something to free yourself from the imprisonment of abuse:

  • What Can Individual Targets Do?

  • What Co-Workers Can & Should Do

  • Our self-help book: The Bully At Work by Namie & Namie

  • Don't Let the Lying Bully Defame or Blacklist You by David Hurd, attorney & author

    Once Healed, How to Help Others Besides Yourself

  • Why Do Employers Do So Little? (assuming they know that bullying is happening)

  • Show your employer that there is something that can be done (assuming they don't know what to do)

  • Get involved as a volunteer Citizen Lobbyist to have a law in your state.


    Need legal advice? Thinking about a lawsuit? Here's our advice about finding an attorney.

    You'll need help from a mental health professional. Here's our advice about selecting a helpful therapist.