The WBI Mission is to...

To raise awareness of, and create dialogue about Workplace Bullying. To communicate research-based solutions for individuals, employers and public policy makers.

Gary Namie (Ph.D., Social Psychology) taught college over a 20-year span in several departments of psychology and management. He taught the nation's first university course on workplace bullying. He was also a corporate manager for two regional hospital systems. He was the expert witness in the nation's first "bullying trial" in Indiana with the verdict upheld by the state Supreme Court.

Ruth Namie (Ph.D., Clinical Psychology) was Training Director for Sheraton Hotels before her clinical training led to counseling chemically dependent individuals and families. Ruth's personal experience was the impetus for the U.S. workplace bullying movement. She is an expert on the devastating effects of bullying on targeted workers.

In 1997, they began the research and education organization that became the Workplace Bullying Institute based in Bellingham, Washington. They have authored two books BullyProof Yourself at Work! and The Bully At Work (Second Edition to be released in June 09). WBI regularly conducts research, including the 2007 U.S. survey of bullying representing all adult Americans, the first national scientific survey. They also write articles for peer-reviewed scientific journals and books.

They are the most recognized individuals associated with bullying in the U.S., due in large part, to the eight public websites devoted to different aspects of education about bullying for individuals, lawmakers, unions, and employers.

As the U.S. pioneers, their work has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Early Show, Nightline, CNN, local TV news and in the New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Toronto Star, Ivey Business Journal, HR Executive, Globe and Mail, and on Marketplace Radio, NPR and CBC radio.

Gary Namie directs a national network of State and Provincial Coordinators, acting as citizen lobbyists, who work to pass into law the WBI anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill.

The Work Doctor® is an organizational consulting firm led by the Namies that focuses exclusively on the prevention of Workplace Bullying. The Namies' Blueprint^TM is a comprehensive system that enables good employers to constrain unacceptable bullying behavior, change corporate culture, and become an industry leader. Both Canadian and U.S. employers have adopted the system.

The Namies' professional preparation, consulting experience and unwavering focus on Workplace Bullying give them an unrivaled, comprehensive perspective of the phenomenon which they introduced to the U.S.

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