BizQuiz: Are you the bully at work?

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1) Someone is being teased at work. You are likely to:

A: Not join in on the teasing, but have a laugh or two

B: Be the one doing the teasing

C: Interrupt and stop the behavior

D: Make a joke or two yourself

2) A new employee joins the team. On her first day you:

A: Show her around, if she asks

B: Make sure she knows who's in charge here

C: Invite her to lunch to make her feel at home

D: Razz her a bit to break her into the group

3) A coworker makes a mistake. You:

A: Act irritated, but don’t get involved

B: Openly call out the team member in front of the staff

C: Help the team member understand how to fix the problem and not repeat the mistake

D: Tell your other coworkers how incompetent the team member is

4) A team member presents an issue to you. Your response is to:

A: Not help with the problem—it’s not your deal

B: Go on the defensive and retaliate

C: See how to rectify the situation

D: Blow off the issue as unimportant

5) You are trained on new equipment at work. You:

A: Do not make an effort to teach others

B: Make sure no one else learns how to do it

C: Try to share your new knowledge with the team

D: Avoid being asked to teach others

6) You have a heart-to-heart with a teammate when she is upset. Later on you:

A: Listen, but make no effort to help (look, we’ve all got issues)

B: Go complain to higher management that she is having problems

C: Think about how she's doing

D: Joke on her or gossip about the issue to fellow teammates

7) You are interested in graduating to a supervisory position. You:

A: Only acknowledge others’ achievements when the boss isn’t around

B: Point out others’ shortcomings to improve your status

C: Work hard and prepare the best you can

D: Never acknowledge others’ achievements

8) During staff meetings, you:

A: Stay quiet when others are being overly critical of a teammate

B: Pick apart the team

C: Acknowledge areas for improvement as a team but make sure not to call any individuals out

D: Make sure to call out the specific teammate to blame

9) A coworker is out of work due to an illness. You:

A: Don’t help pick up the slack, but try to make sure your boss sees how much this has hurt the company

B: Openly complain about how much stress this put on the team

C: Send flowers and try to help the person who's sick and the team as much as possible

D: Find subtle ways to push the coworker out of the group while she is gone; make her feel like an outsider

10) A coworker receives a promotion. You:

A: Do not acknowledge the achievement

B: Tell them the company must have really just needed to fill the position

C: Congratulate your coworker. Praise the teammate for his or her hard work

D: Gossip to others saying the teammate was undeserving

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