Interesting article, thanks for sharing Mel! I found it particularly interesting that most "bullying" comes from bosses, that hit a cord with me because I have to agree that 90% of the time I feel I have been bullied in the workplace it has been from a "boss".
I had one "boss" who almost always started his bullying by saying "I don't know why everyone thinks you're so great ..." and then he'd give some reason why I wasn't living up to his expectations (even though I consistently hit 100% of my goals). It absolutely drove him crazy that my direct reports liked working for me, and as he put it, "they would follow you right off a cliff". When I said that is called "good leadership" he replied "That's only because you DO EVERYTHING for them!" I laughed and he must have realized how stupid that made him sound (I had twelve direct reports and 25 indirect reports at the time).
In my many years of experience, I have consistently found that the more insecure a person is, the more likely they are to bully others. The boss I talked about above told me time after time that I needed to "get mean" to be a great leader. That people only respect bosses who threaten and intimidate them.
I will tell you my "secret" to being a good boss though. In my past, I have had some of the worst bosses ever. And every time they "crapped" on me, I would say to myself, "If I am ever in that situation, I will NEVER treat someone the way they treated me!" And I have lived by those words.