NO
No favouritism
No threats
No shouting, swearing or other forms of abusive, aggressive or threatening behaviour
No sarcasm
No sexual, personally invasive, sexist, racist, anti-gay, etc. language or suggestions
No undermining
No public criticism of staff
No abuse of their authority
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Anthea Lowe & Associates
Your line managers need to understand how to behave to avoid being (seen as) a bullying or harassing manager. Are they following the behaviours in the left hand column? Or are they doing the reverse of any of the behaviours in the left hand column or indulging in any of the behaviours in the right-hand column?
YES
Show respect - always
Clear and reasonable work/service-delivery plans, priorities and goals
Fair and reasonable work/task allocation – not too much and not too little
Fair and appropriate instructions
Fair and appropriate performance/behaviour management
Reasonable and fair level of supervision
Speedy and fair attention to staff requests for such things as leave, training, travel away from area/office, special treatment……
Appropriate level of consultation
Honesty and openness
How to avoid being seen as a bullying or harassing line manager
