Healing the Toxic Organization

The IVAT Conference and EPIC Moments for Healing Trauma

I just returned from 3 days of a 4 day conference in La Jolla, California that focused on dealing with trauma and violence in multiple forms.  I was able to present about workplace bullying from the organizational systems perspective a room of over 100 military, VA and state employees working i...

The Blind Spot and Human Bias
We all have bias because we have human brains. This blog on the blind spot shows us how and why!
WHAT IS BULLYING? Understanding the Abuse
One way to understand bullying is to investigate evolution. Chimpanzees are examined as one marker of our distant past that explains bullying behaviors today.
So You Need an Anti-Bullying Policy?
five points to improve your workplace anti-bullying policy
The Healthy Workplace Bill

Workplace bullying is "repeated mistreatment; abusive conduct that is threatening, intimidating, or humiliating; work sabotage or verbal abuse." (Workplace Bullying Institute, 2021). During the Covid-19 Pandemic, while many workers toiled from home, The Workplace Bullying Institute's 2021 ...