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Tim Field Biography

Tim Field (24 April 1952 in Eastbourne - 15 January 2006) was a prominent British anti-bullying activist with his main focus relating to workplace bullying. He was the author of two books, and he coined the term "bullycide".

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Nothing can prepare you for living or working with a sociopathic serial bully. It is the most devastating, draining, misunderstood, and ultimately futile experience imaginable.

Bullying, Futile, Imaginable, Misunderstood, Serials, Working

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

Allow, Being Yourself, Bullying, Meaningful, Silence, Victim

Until there's a public commitment, and action to back that commitment, a policy is only words on paper.

Bullying, Commitment, Paper, Policy, Public, Words

Recently there's been a trend to apply the term "bullying" to any kind of conflict at work, for example overwork and long hours. Although some bullying behaviours may be present in these issues, in my view this dilutes and devalues the term "workplace bullying" which should be used only for the more serious cases of conflict involving a serial bully. If there isn't a serial bully involved, it's probably not bullying you're dealing with.

Bullying, Dealing, Involving, Issues, Long, Views

Bullies thrive wherever authority is weak

Authority, Being Bullied, Bullies, Bullying, Thrive, Weak

There is a light at the end of the tunnel but first you'll have to find the light switch and change the bulb before switching it on yourself. No problem, as targets of bullying are picked on for their competence and abilities.

Abilities, Bullying, Light, Problem, Tunnels

It is the lack of knowledge of, or the unwillingness to recognise, or the deliberate denial of the existence of the serial bully which is the most common reason for an unsatisfactory outcome for both employee and employer.

Bullying, Denial, Employer, Existence, Knowledge, Outcomes

I just want the bullying to stop. That is all I ever wanted. I used to love going to school. Now I hate it.

Bullying, Hate, School, Stop, Used

Why does the UK government ignore workplace bullying? Our system of democracy - government and law - is based on the adversarial model. To be successful in these fields, bullying behaviour is almost a prerequisite.

Bullying, Government, Prerequisite, Successful, System

The best indicator of a sociopath serial bully is not a clinical diagnosis but the trail of devastation and destruction of lives and livelihoods surrounding this individual throughout their life.

Bullying, Destruction, Devastation, Diagnosis, Life, Sociopath

Bullying consists of the least competent most aggressive employee projecting their incompetence on to the least aggressive most competent employee and winning.

Aggressive, Bullying, Competent, Incompetence, Winning

Whilst accidents and assaults injure and kill people quickly and spectacularly, bullying and consequent prolonged negative stress injure and kill people slowly and secretively. The outcome, though, is the same.

Accidents, Bullying, People, Same, Spectacularly, Stress

Most organisations have a serial bully. It never ceases to amaze me how one person's divisive dysfunctional behaviour can permeate the entire organisation like a cancer.

Amaze, Behaviour, Bully, Bullying, Cancer, Divisive

The serial bully, who in my estimation accounts for about one person in thirty in society, is the single most important threat to the effectiveness of organisations, the profitability of industry, the performance of the economy, and the prosperity of society.

Bully, Bullying, Effectiveness, Important, Person, Serial

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