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Posts about Lateral Violence

The Mental Health Cost of Lateral Violence—What Leaders Must Do About It

The Mental Health Cost of Lateral Violence—What Leaders Must Do About It

While discussions of healthcare workplace violence often focus on patient and visitor aggression, a more insidious form of violence silently damages psychological health throughout healthcare organizations. Lateral violence—the pattern of harmful behaviors directed by healthcare workers toward their peers—exacts a tremendous mental health toll while undermining organizational effectiveness,...

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Creating An Environment Incompatible with Violence - Book Excerpt

Creating An Environment Incompatible with Violence - Book Excerpt Chapter 3

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Creating an environment that  is incompatible with emotional and physical violence

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”– William James, philosopher and father of American psychology

In an analysis of 1.4 million Glassdoor reviews about company culture from people who have left their jobs, researchers Charlie and...

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Understanding Workplace Violence on a Deeper Level - Book Excerpt

Ending Lateral Violence - Chapter 2 Featured Image

Enjoy this excerpt from one of our published books.

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Understanding Workplace violence on a deeper level

No one wants to recognize (or admit) that they are a victim (of anything), so we often fail to identify certain behaviors as victimizing. But no matter how we personally understand and define lateral violence, bullying, abuse, discrimination, or harassment, it is time to expand...

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