Bullying may feel like a term from a forgotten era for many of us, something we associate with playground antics or the big kids at the back of the school bus. Yet, new research reveals that workplace bullying affects an estimated 15% of the UK workforce. employees in the UK – that’s an estimated 4 million people. Whilst many of us have a good idea of the not-so-subtle art of the playground bully (pulling pigtails, calling names, or bulldozing their way through friends) it ca