Strategies for coping - adults

Strategies for dealing with workplace bullying include:

• creating channels for employees to voice their concerns around bullying in the workplace
• breaking the collusion of silence amongst colleagues about the bully's behaviour and its effects on victim(s)
• offering the bully every assistance possible (in good faith) to improve and change his or her behaviour
• dealing with bullying through supervisory support and disciplinary processes
• modelling respectful behaviour from the top down and setting clear expectations at all levels of the organisation