November 2011 – Pick 6
Odds of winning the lottery 1 in 135,145,920 (multi-state, mega-millions jackpot)
Odds of experiencing rudeness or bad manners (incivility) at work: 86 in 100 (Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion study of 289 workers at three Midwestern firms)
3: Reasons for workers behaving rudely toward co-workers include these 3: being stressed out by workloads, distracted by multiple job demands and working in a super-competitive atmosphere.
5: Here are 5 examples of rude behavior in the workplace: losing one’s temper or yelling at someone in public, badgering/backstabbing, withholding important information, sabotaging a project or damaging someone’s reputation, and ignoring or interrupting someone.
38: Of the 289 workers polled in the Indiana Wesleyan University study, 38 percent said they believe the workplace is becoming increasingly disrespectful.
67: In a recent poll, 67 percent of people questioned indicated there’s a critical need for civility training in the workplace. (Weber Shandwick/Powell Tate, in partnership with KRC Research)
90: In the Indiana Wesleyan study, 90 percent of the people polled admitted to having instigated rude behavior at work themselves.
94: In another study of 800 workers, 94 percent who had been treated rudely by co-workers admitted to having retaliated with bad behavior of their own. (The Cost of Bad Behavior, by Christine Pearson and Christine Porath)
