Beating the Workplace Bully: A Tactical Guide to Taking Charge

Beating the Workplace Bully: A Tactical Guide to Taking Charge

by Lynne Curry (Author)

Synopsis

Bullies aren't limited to the playground. These days, they roam our offices and can be found everywhere from break rooms to boardrooms. They don't steal your lunch money, but they can make your work life a living hell - and even ruin your career.

Whether the bully is a boss or a co-worker...whether you're the target of manipulation, intimidation, verbal abuse, or deliberate humiliation, Beating the Workplace Bully will show you how to fight back. Filled with exercises, assessments, and real-life examples, this empowering guide helps you recognize what's been making you a victim...and reveals how to avoid typical bully traps, remain aware and in charge, move past your fear, calm yourself in any confrontation, keep your dignity intact, build confidence, handle sneak attacks, strengthen your resolve, understand the steps that your employer or supervisors can take to address the issue and combat cyber bullying.

With this practical, personal coaching program in your corner, you can reclaim your power - and defeat the office bully once and for all.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 258
Edition: Special ed.
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: 13 Jan 2016

ISBN 10: 0814436889
ISBN 13: 9780814436882

Media Reviews
.. .provides much-needed information about workplace bullying and supports a comprehensive, company-wide approach to keep bullying out of the workplace. --Cynthia Parkhill blog
Curry does an excellent job of presenting viable tools designed to benefit all those caught in the web of bullying. --Anchorage Press
.. .will not only help you create a script to defuse bullying remarks, it will also help you devise a strategy to handle that first moment of confrontation... --Law Office Manager
.. .combines readable, anecdotal accounts of real-life situations with social psychology research about the behavior of both victims and bullies... --Alaska Journal of Commerce
This is the perfect manual for anyone who has ever been the target of bullying. --Women Working
Strategies and inspiration for mustering up the courage to stand up to the workplace bully and make the situation more bearable. --Leading Business Books
We opened Beating the Workplace Bully with great hopes and we weren't disappointed, as the book goes into a great deal of detail of the many different types of office bullies...and tactics for outmaneuvering them. --Accounting Today
Bullying in the workplace is a real problem and this book offers real solutions to solving those problems...a great book for all workplaces. --PCB007
Author Bio

Lynne Curry, Ph.D., is President of The Growth Company, Inc., Alaska's largest management consulting firm. An expert workplace coach, HR consultant, trainer, and mediator, she pens a weekly business column for the Alaska Dispatch News.