Chapter 4
How Bullying Kills Good Organizations Like Yours
Although the term killing might sound somewhat melodramatic, Heinz Leymann minced no words in describing mobbing as psychological terrorization. Social misery was one of the gentler synonyms he also used. Leymann even titled one of his books The Suicide Factory.18 He suggested that tyrannical behavior—the kind that can drive an adult to suicide—is strongly toxic. Abusive work environments that cause employees deep distress are not trivial matters, and preventable stress-related diseases do kill people. Here are some bad things that could be happening to your good organization if bullying has taken hold.
