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ace bullying workplace incivility workplace violence 1 comment screenshot from the daily hoosier i can t imagine why but i found my mind wandering into the realm of leaders who seem trapped in a state of rage and anger i further journeyed a bit into my past for examples of when i first witnessed this mode of behavior if you were a young sports fan growing up in northwest indiana during the 1970s it was likely that you were well aware of bobby knight 1940 2023 the celebrated head coach of the indiana university men s basketball team his many accomplishments included leading the 1975 76 squad to an undefeated record and a national championship the likes of which still elicit soggy memories from iu alums and indiana basketball fans of a certain age unfortunately knight was also a well known rageaholic a distinctly non clinical term that refers to as wiktionary defines it a person who feeds on expressing rage and aggression or a person with a highly volatile temper knight s most infamous moment came in february 1985 when iu was playing in state rival purdue angered at calls by the officials he jumped out from his chair and it went downhill from there as recounted by mike schumann for the daily hoosier after being called for a technical foul for arguing with the officials about those early whistles knight burst from that ill fated chair and continued to roar his thunderous disapproval meanwhile purdue s steve reid was preparing to shoot the technical free throw shots seemingly unwilling to accept what was unfolding before him knight hurled the flimsy mass of metal legs and red plastic seat past reid across the free throw lane and into a row of photographers the chair flinging incident was the most enduring of knight s public and private outbursts many of which are recounted in his wikipedia bio tales of these behaviors have tarnished his reputation as one of the best coaches in college basketball history many associate him more with his temper than with his championship banners imitators at least the rage part my junior high school and high school years overlapped with knight s glory years at iu many of my friends played on our basketball teams and so i was present for a lot of games consequently i got to see a lot of junior high and high school coaches in action let me tell you the bobby knight syndrome at least in terms of personal behavior was in full bloom among northwest indiana s high school hoops coaches of the time while certainly not every coach emulated knight s angry rages more than a few did especially towards officials and players they stomped up and down the basketball court sneered and yelled at players who made mistakes and argued vociferously with officials at times their hotheaded comportment during games was regarded as mildly entertaining but at least for some of the players their conduct during practices and games alike bordered on if not became abusive and drained the kids enjoyment of the sport furthermore unlike bobby knight a good number of these coaches weren t very successful at least as measured by wins and losses they failed as people and as coaches unnecessary by sharp contrast at least from my more distant perch it appeared that the women s basketball coaches of the day generally did not behave in such a manner i thought that overall the women s teams operated a stronger culture of teamwork and camaraderie furthermore we have seen plenty of very successful hoops coaches at the junior high through college levels who do not behave in angry raging ways among the legendary college basketball coaches john wooden ucla mike krzyzewski duke and pat summitt tennessee are just three exemplars of how great successes on the court can be matched by good character and strong mentoring relationships with players well beyond sports athletics are hardly the only field of endeavor where angry seething leaders get promoted and celebrated we are living in what public intellectual pankaj mishra has called an age of anger with authoritarian leaders manipulating the cynicism and discontent of furious majorities rageaholic behavior is the norm for some of these guys and yes they re mostly guys at the ground level these folks can be adroit practitioners of in your face incivility bullying and like bobby knight even violence at work and while some are said to be geniuses and thus granted a free pass there are many more mediocre rageaholics than brilliant ones why people are drawn to them makes for an important and complex discussion but we can surely say that notwithstanding any of their successes rageaholic leaders often leave a trail of damaged psyches in their respective wakes share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading podcast cult control expert steven hassan interviews me about workplace bullying and narcissistic bosses november 13 2024 by david yamada in power abuse in society psychology and work therapeutic jurisprudence workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags power abuse in society psychology and work therapeutic jurisprudence workplace bullying leave a comment what do cult control and workplace bullying have in common more than initially meets the eye perhaps several weeks ago i had the distinction of being interviewed by dr steven hassan a leading expert on cult psychology and mind control about workplace bullying and narcissistic bosses you may freely access the interview by going here steve and i met at an international law and mental health conference in barcelona this summer and he thought there might be some overlap between our respective interests we ended up having a lively one hour exchange that covered a surprising amount of ground i hope you ll find our conversation to be interesting and thought provoking share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading america by choosing the bully has entered a new dark age november 6 2024 by david yamada in politics power abuse in society tags politics power abuse in society 11 comments into the darkness we go the bully won at least for now i m not shocked even as experienced political operatives holding views aligned with mine were touting the possibility of a big win for the democrats my judgment was telling me all along that this was going to be a very close election and yet it is hard for me to describe my deep sadness and concern over america s decision to return donald trump to the white house a smug intolerant and mean spirited energy has increasingly gripped this country since that fateful day in 2015 when trump announced his presidential candidacy it has fully manifested in an authoritarian cult like bloom now that this unstable raging cognitively deteriorating man and his ominously creepy running mate j d vance will be assuming their positions of enormous power grasping the twisted psychological dynamics of what led us to this terrible place will require deep study and a capacity for complexity and nuance i intend to be part of that inquiry after all the trump phenomenon embodies so much of what i have already learned about bullying abuse cruelty misogyny bigotry dishonesty and trauma during the course of my career this toxic force is accompanied by a deep contempt for the rule of law especially when applied to trump s own many proven and alleged offenses i realize that for the moment i am emphasizing the disturbing personal qualities of america s next president but make no mistake these qualities will drive public policy in awful ways posing fundamental threats to the rule of law democratic governance human dignity and the health of the planet personalities have consequences i mourn for this country and apologize to the world for what we have unleashed america a nation whose origins were inspired by the enlightenment has now empowered an authoritarian strongman and chosen to enter a new dark age i can only hope that somehow we will find a way to reverse course share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading we need to more deeply psychologize our understanding of law public policy and politics october 31 2024 by david yamada in law and legal profession politics power abuse in society psychology and work therapeutic jurisprudence workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags law and legal profession politics power abuse in society psychology and work therapeutic jurisprudence workplace bullying 4 comments image courtesy of freepik com my dear friend dr gary namie co founder of the workplace bullying institute states what i regard as an ultimate compliment when he says that i m one of the most psychologized law professors and lawyers he s ever known by that he means that i ve repeatedly shown an ability and inclination to apply psychological insights to law and public policy much of his observation traces to our shared commitment to prevent stop and respond to bullying at work striving to understand the dynamics of workplace bullying has indeed led me to become more grounded in pertinent aspects of psychology this includes comprehending not only the organizational and social aspects that feed into bullying behaviors at work but also the clinical aspects that shed light on the psychological states of both aggressors and targets this in turn has critically informed my work on drafting and advocating for legal protections against workplace bullying in fact i credit my psychological dives into workplace bullying for leading me to therapeutic jurisprudence tj the multidisciplinary field of legal theory and practice that examines the therapeutic and anti therapeutic properties of law legal procedures and legal institutions in 2017 i served as the founding board chair of the new international society for therapeutic jurisprudence a non profit learned society established to support tj related public education scholarly work and best practices in the legal profession and judiciary i have found myself steadily advocating for the deeper psychologizing of law and public policy last year for example i penned a blog piece a case for therapeutic jurisprudence in legal education and the legal profession calling for the wider mainstreaming of tj in 2020 i examined whether public policy should center on society s overall sense of well being in an essay appearing in the american commentator i have presented about the need for trauma informed law and public policy and have a law review article in the works about it now i also wish to call for the wider application of psychological insights to our political realm regardless of what happens at the ballot box next week this inquiry should examine how our civic culture has become so toxic and how donald trump a man utterly without compassion or conscience stands a respectable chance to regain the white house this campaign season alone has provided a bounty of significant and disturbing reportage and commentary on the psychological health of our presidential candidates and of the electorate in general in sum this tripartite perspective on psychologizing law public policy and politics covers a lot of important ground it ranges from a broad inquiry into the civic health of our world writ large to a more specific focus on topics such as bullying at work i look forward to sharing more plans for this work during the months ahead share this print opens in new window print share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on x opens in new window x email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading when bullies mock those with disabilities august 26 2024 by david yamada in dignity at work and in society diversity and discrimination politics power abuse in society workplace bullying mobbing and abuse tags dignity at work and in society diversity and discrimination politics power abuse in society workplace bullying leave a comment early in life we learn that one of the cruelest things someone can do is to make fun of someone s disability or at least we re supposed to learn this those who don t grasp this basic lesson about being a decent person are typically bullies sadly a man who would be elected president of the u s provides a perfect example in 2015 donald trump mocked a reporter s disability at a public rally as reported by the bbc republican presidential contender donald trump has been criticised for mocking a disabled new york times reporter mr trump performed an impression of serge kovaleski who suffers from a congenital joint condition at a rally now the poor guy you gotta see this guy he continued before launching into an apparent impression of mr kovaleski waving his arms around with his hands at an odd angle uhh i don t know what i said uhh i don t remember he s going like i don t remember maybe that s what i said mr kovaleski has arthrogryposis a condition that affects the movement of joints and is noticeable in his right arm and hand i thought this could well end trump s presidential campaign after all white house hopefuls have seen their campaigns go up in smoke over smaller mistakes and transgressions right but oh was i naive trump would make insults ridicule threats and name calling his personal political brand either despite or because of these qualities millions flocked to him nine years later he hasn t changed on at least two occasions during the 2024 campaign season trump ridiculed president biden s speech impediment as reported by lauren weber and carolyn johnson for the washington post former president donald trump mocked president biden s stutter at a campaign rally in rome ga on saturday the latest in a series of insults he has hurled at his rival but one that disability advocates regard as a demeaning form of bullying trump asked the crowd sarcastically if biden would bring the country t t t together while talking about biden s state of the union address i m gonna bring it together trump added slurring the words but according to transcripts of the speech biden did not say that it was similar to an attack on biden earlier in january where trump accused biden of stuttering through a speech and then play acted as if he were biden he s saying i m a threat to democracy trump said earlier this year segueing into a taunt in which he imitates biden he s a threat to d d democracy more recently the well known conservative political commentator ann coulter posted a tweet making fun of gus walz the 17 year old son of democratic vice presidential nominee tim walz who was crying and 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