https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-respond-to-a-workplace-bully/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-respond-to-a-workplace-bully/#comment-12140 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:43:10 +0000 https://cruciallearning.com/?p=25033#comment-12140 If you can’t have a crucial conversation, I suggest going to HR. I’ve been asked by some if they are overreacting by going to HR, and I tell them no. After they do go to HR, they find that they are the 9th person who has complained about the “bully”, so now HR has enough information to take next steps.

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-respond-to-a-workplace-bully/#comment-12139 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:33:01 +0000 https://cruciallearning.com/?p=25033#comment-12139 What if their response to your request for a respectful way of interacting is not an insult (“You are weak-skinned, etc”), but something like: “This is just how I speak to everyone. I’m allowed to bring my whole self to work. Let’s be open-minded and respectful to everyone’s way of expressing here.”
Or: “This is how everyone interacts nowadays (or: in this field of work). There is nothing wrong with it. It’s not personal or anything.”

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-to-respond-to-a-workplace-bully/#comment-12136 Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:47:03 +0000 https://cruciallearning.com/?p=25033#comment-12136 And if the person doing the bullying is your boss, then good luck. Might as well start to look for a new job, they always win.

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