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The NEW Norm

 A manager’s guide to improving workplace behaviour 
...and keeping out of legal hot water

 A manager’s guide to improving workplace behaviour 
...and keeping out of legal hot water

A new book by Stephen Hammond

So with all the experts and education, why are some people still allowed to get away with inappropriate behaviours at work? It seems to me that most employees have had some education about bullying and harassment, or what we often call “respectful workplace” training. Yet the questions still need exploring: Why can one person poison an entire workplace? Why can a bully be promoted into a managerial role where she can wreak havoc on even more employees? Why does a bullying boss get a promotion, thereby indicating that the organization rewards bad behaviour? And why can people blow the whistle on bad behaviour and yet they end up with discipline, or worse, they get fired?


When you add up the years I’ve been in a supervisory role in labour and employee relations, law and working with employers and unions across Canada, it’s more than three decades (yikes!). In this book, I’ve put together a number of examples of the Old Norm and then made suggestions for the New Norm (or Norma! It’s not just men). I deliberately play on the word Norm to suggest it’s not just an action (behaviour that is normal) but also a person. It’s us. I hope that after some reading and discussing of some or all of these examples in your workplace, you will become the New Norm and Norma and assist others to do the same.


This book will help anyone in a leadership position, or anyone aspiring to become a workplace leader, whether in management or a union. But I also believe this book will work for anyone at any level of the workplace because everyone has the chance to work toward the New Norm. 

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TESTIMONIALS

Stephen’s book is a brilliant reminder of workplace situations that are disturbing, yet slip by unaddressed by so many in both the private and public sector. When these behaviours are unaddressed, they become the norm because we allow them to be. Just like his first book, Stephen is insightful, his writing is moving and he inspires his readers to take immediate action to disapprove of, and address harassment and other inappropriate behaviour every time we see it, feel it and hear about it. In a concise format, he gives us a series of snapshots of old  vs. new, acceptable vs. unacceptable, right vs. wrong, in a way that is understandable. If workplace leaders take just some of Stephen’s practical advice, they will go a long way to rid their workplace of unacceptable behaviours such as harassment, discrimination and bullying. It’s clear that to create Stephen’s “New Norm,” we need to ACT NOW! We can’t wait any longer.

Tatjana Zatezalo, 
Manager, Organizational Development
Halifax Regional Municipality
Wow, your book came at a great time for me. Initially I thought I was going to learn about what I could do about other people in my life. Instead, what I found was a tonne of material to challenge myself to look at my own behaviours and interactions. The chapters are short, use contemporary examples, provide lots of food for thought and the suggestions for the new Norm are totally achievable. I plan to incorporate this book into my practice and share with my co-workers. Like your previous work, I expect the messages to resonate even years later.

My favourite was chapter 30. "The New Norm doesn’t jump to conclusions" certainly resonated for me. Sometime when we are busy it may be tempting to take a shortcut thinking we already know the outcome so why bother with details? The cost may be pretty high, not only in dollars but in our own credibility.

I read the book while sitting in the living room with my husband. The poor man is dying to read it as soon as it's available. I must have gasped a lot.”

Deb Stewart, Registered Nurse 

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