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allenge of storytelling september what happens when the experience of psychological trauma makes it difficult for a lawyer and client to build a coherent understanding of a prospective legal case or claim for benefits how can an individual s wrought emotional state make it difficult to put together a basic chronology and description of events related to a legal dispute and the resulting harm including pain suffering and emotional distress i now understand how insights from neuroscience help to explain why some individuals face such difficulties in providing coherent narratives of their abusive work experiences workplace mobbing understanding the maelstrom september in mobbing situations targeted individuals often feel besieged as they face ongoing seemingly constant attacks from multiple sources i find myself invoking the word maelstrom to characterize their experiences it s not a term that i often use but when i consulted several dictionaries to verify that i was using it correctly i found myself vigorously nodding my head are ethical employees more likely to be workplace bullying targets june first whistleblowers are often bullied as a form of retaliation this is the proverbial no brainer challenging the legality and ethics of decisions and actions made in a less than wonderful organization can quickly place a target on one s back targets of workplace bullying a short checklist for assessing options june getting to that better place however is no easy task to help people understand the scope of potential options here is a quick checklist of possibilities with a note that the legal and employee benefit options are specific to u s readers like dracula workplace narcissists have reason to fear the sunlight june like dracula workplace narcissists work best in the dark and in the shadows operating in stealth mode they strive to ensure that their targets are left to defend themselves alone they can quietly pick off these victims that way one by one real life gilderoy lockharts narcissistic professors their students and bullying at work may while the pompous lockhart makes for some good chuckles in the harry potter world the real life impact of narcissistic instructors on their students may be no laughing matter in fact a new study suggests a troubling connection to students academic performance a research team from appalachian state university led by prof james westerman conducted a study of professors and undergraduate students from a university business school examining the potential impact of narcissistic faculty members on more and less narcissistic students trump if you re bullied get over it may donald trump continues his apparently relentless campaign to prove that he is the most empathy free presidential candidate in u s history during an interview with fox news anchor megyn kelly he shares his view that targets of bullying just have to get over it courageous artistic workplace anti bullying advocacy at ma state house april above all this is what moral courage is all about fourteen individuals have stepped forward to put very human faces on this movement not happy smiley faces either rather stern serious angry and pained faces of people who are calling for change they re trying to tell us something yes i am proud to acknowledge and salute them slow retaliation when workplace payback is subtle nuanced and drawn out march but there s another insidious form of retaliation sometimes visited upon those who raise legal and ethical concerns at work this type of retaliation lacks the sudden oomph that easily trips the legal wires of anti retaliation provisions and whistleblower laws rather it may come in milder doses such as smaller raises fewer opportunities for advancement petty criticisms and slights and selective marginalization that stops short of complete exclusion workplace bullying from target to subject matter expert march on occasion i receive inquiries that go something like this i ve been a target of workplace bullying i ve learned a lot from this experience and want to help make sure that others don t go through what i did in fact i d like to do some work in this area how can i go about this coaching for workplace bullies and toxic bosses march for what it s worth here is my nutshell sense of this question many abrasive leaders can be coached to be more respectful of their co workers and more mindful of how their words and actions are being perceived however many abusive leaders especially those presenting traits suggestive of psychopathy sociopathy or severe narcissism will not change their ways with coaching kiss up kick down january well folks you know that the vocabulary of workplace bullying and incivility has gone mainstream when certain commonly associated phrases are the subject of wikipedia articles in this case the other night i took note of the fact that one of my favorites kiss up kick down has crossed into wiki land 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 is it time to attend september university december 18 2016 by david yamada in education and learning lifespan issues notable books tags education and learning lifespan issues notable books leave a comment as a tumultuous 2016 comes to a close i find myself looking to the work of charles d hayes a retired largely self educated writer and moral philosopher whose books and essays on living our lives are singularly wise humane and insightful especially for those in the second half of their journeys in september university summoning passion for an unfinished life 2010 he offers a unique mix of philosophy values homespun wisdom deep reflection and full throated embrace of lifelong learning all designed to encourage readers to enrich our lives and make genuine contributions to the world around us for those who are trying to define their work lives it helps to provide a context for thinking how our labor contributes to our own fulfillment and to the greater good his preface which you may access online explains the idea of september university september university in concept is a metaphor for intellectual maturity and represents an ambitious quest on behalf of future generations september university the book is a call to action a social forecast and above all a passionate argument that a bright future depends upon the experiential wisdom of aging citizens the exploration you re about to begin has the potential to transform your worldview heighten your aspirations and elicit reflections about your personal legacy and the spiritual meaning to be derived from the last season of life if you want a sense of where charles is coming from as a writer and thinker this passage from the preface offers a clear look many people experience lives today steeped in such seething mediocrity that the beast ridden savannah of our ancient past seems inviting by comparison whereas life may have once been nasty brutish and short these days it can be confused pointless and headed toward a disaster that most people don t have time enough to recognize is coming never before has reading the signs of the times been more essential and never has it been so imperative that the concept of wisdom be a holistic notion favoring humanity over the special interest of some excessively needy individual group corporation or nation state charles is no ivory tower kind of guy his vocational history includes among other things service in the u s marine corps and the dallas police department as well as decades spent working in the oil industry in alaska i ve been reading his books for years and during the past year i ve enjoyed conversing with him on facebook his voice is real i praised this book when it first appeared in 2010 and i believe its lessons are needed now more than ever though written especially for those of middle age and beyond september university will resonate with anyone who is eager to move past the superficial trappings of contemporary life i ve discussed charles s writing in previous blog posts including on the ripple effects of our lives 2016 on mainstream indifference 2015 on wisdom at fifty something 2014 on the lessons of nostalgia 2011 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 three 20th century voices inform our understanding of modern american society december 14 2016 by david yamada in education and learning notable books plutocracy politics power abuse in society strategies for change tags education and learning notable books plutocracy politics power abuse in society strategies for change 4 comments three important insightful voices from the last century may help us understand the social and political state of today s america in his frighteningly prescient preface to friendly fascism the new face of power in america 1982 ed social scientist bertram gross identified two conflicting trends in american culture the first is a slow and powerful drift toward greater concentration of power and wealth in a repressive big business big government partnership the phrase friendly fascism helps distinguish this possible future from the patently vicious corporatism of classic fascism in the past of germany italy and japan the other is a slower and less powerful tendency for individuals and groups to seek greater participation in decisions affecting themselves and others it is embodied in larger values of community sharing cooperation service to others and basic morality as contrasted with crass materialism and dog eat dog competition gross went on to identify a group of people who were consolidating power in america i see at present members of the establishment or people on its fringes who in the name of americanism betray the interests of most americans by fomenting militarism applauding rat race individualism protecting undeserved privilege or stirring up nationalistic and ethnic hatreds in the spring i cited the rise of donald trump as the prime exemplar of the mainstreaming of gross s 1982 scenario this dystopian reality is now before us front and center as trump goes about the task of forming his new administration in her final book dark age ahead 2004 the late jane jacobs the brilliantly iconoclastic observer of urban and contemporary life expressed fears that we are entering a new dark age marked by a sharp decline in core societal institutions and values here were the key markers behind her thesis family and community consumption consumerism debt and wealth supplanting family and community welfare higher education higher education becoming a tool for credentialing instead of a process for learning science denigration of hard science along with the elevation of economics as the primary science shaping public policy government ending the notion of government for the common good replaced by government acting on behalf of powerful interests and ethics breakdown of ethics in learned professions dark age ahead did not receive rave reviews upon its publication as i recall it was greeted with a sort of polite acknowledgement of the author s concerns along with a nod to her reputation and overall body of work i felt the same way too but it turns out that jacobs was merely a decade ahead of her time her analysis is now spot on having anticipated our current milieu with scary accuracy for reasons i wish were not so i believe that the work of philosopher and writer hannah arendt also will be increasingly relevant toward understanding how individual behaviors impact broader concerns in today s america as i wrote in 2014 hannah arendt invoked the phrase banality of evil to describe how adolf eichmann served as one of hitler s architects of the holocaust since then the phrase has come to represent in more generic terms how ordinary people become easily invested in the values of a morally bankrupt status quo and participate in terrible behaviors that seemingly are unthinkable in civilized society arendt s work was deeply informed by european events during first half of the last century in her preface to men in dark times 1968 ed an examination of how prominent european intellectuals religious leaders civic leaders and activists responded to authoritarian threats of the era she posited even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination and that such illumination may come less from theories and concepts than from the uncertain flickering and often weak light that some men and women in their lives and works will kindle under almost all circumstances and shed over the time span that was given to them on earth during the years to come we re going to need lots of men and women in their lives and works to borrow from arendt to shine a light on our society and to make life more humane dignified and inclusive we don t need more bystanders who submit passively to malevolent forces swirling around us while hoping not to be among those swallowed up by them this is a time for us to stand for something and be counted 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 a talk on advancing dignity in our workplaces december 12 2016 by david yamada in academic workplaces dignity at work and in society diversity and discrimination employment and labor law global work issues internships non profit sector power abuse in society psychology and work workplace bullying mobbing and abuse workplace health and safety tags academic workplaces dignity at work and in society diversity and discrimination employment and labor law global work issues internships non profit sector power abuse in society psychology and work workplace bullying workplace health and safety leave a comment for those of you who would like to contemplate the big picture of why we need to inject the value of human dignity into our workplaces you re invited to watch this 40 minute talk that i gave at the 2014 annual workshop of human dignity and humiliation studies humandhs in new york city it was part of a public program on work that dignifies the lives of all people note you may have to rewind the youtube video to the beginning as some for some weird reason the talk sometimes starts at around the 10 minute mark the talk gave me a chance to discuss many topics that i ve raised here on this blog such as workplace bullying the low wage economy and the ravages of globalization i then tied them together under the overall rubric of worker dignity next i asked participants to consider our respective roles in promoting worker dignity at the very 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