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Preventing Violence in the Workplace

Paula Leslie is an authority on the topic of Prevention of Violence in the Workplace.


October 2011 Shooting Incident in Cupertino

Paula has been consulted by radio station KCBS and the Palo Alto Daily Post newspaper about the workplace shooting incident in Cupertino on October 5, 2011. Read the Palo Alto Daily Post article, Telltale Signs of a Dangerous Worker.

Read Paula's article, Protect Your Employees from Workplace Violence and Protect Yourself From Liability.


Workplace Violence Directed at Human Resources Personnel

In an HR magazine article titled Bulletproof practices: as frequent targets of workplace violence, two ways to stop a bullet Paula was one of the experts selected to discuss issues of workplace violence and preventive measures to avoid this violence. Here are excerpts from that article.

Paula Leslie, founder of Essential Life Strategies, a consulting firm in Palo Alto, Calif., says that statistics, including some from the National Center for Health Statistics, indicate that the annual tab for violence as well as stress-inducing hostility in the workplace comes to about "$13.5 billion in medical costs [and] 500,000 workers missing 1.75 million days of work."
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Know the Signs of Possible Trouble

Consultant Leslie, author of Anger in the Workplace: A Catalyst for Change (Essential Life Strategies, 1998), says to watch for these red flags:

  • A history of violence toward people or animals.
  • A migratory job history.
  • Career frustration.
  • Emotional problems, drug or alcohol abuse or a suddenly withdrawn personality.
  • Antagonistic relations with others, fighting, feelings of persecution.
  • Obsession (with violence or with a romantic interest) or political zealotry.
  • Familiarity with weapons.

Read the complete HR Magazine article, Bulletproof practices: as frequent targets of workplace violence, two ways to stop a bullet.

   
   

Paula Leslie, LCSW, BCD
Essential Life Strategies
415 Cambridge Ave., Suite #22
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650 324-2512
fax 650 365-6610
email: Paula@ELStrategies.com
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