When I refer to an auto-response of abuse within organizations, I'm referring to the very predictable reaction of people in the organization when they begin to feel a loss of control, status or feel that their "power" is being threatened.

For many organizational leaders and people of influence within them, the organizational goals are just a facade- unimportant, or at least less important, then their own agendas. For these organizations, the control of people and resources take precedence, as do the social and political rules that allow them to attain and maintain power to do so. In many workplaces, organizational and team goals are  stated priorities . Social hierarchy and control are part of  operational priorities-  the...

Organizations operate with two sets of values- their espoused values, the ones they say they live and work by, and their lived values, which are the unspoken, hidden rules and actions people actually align with.