Guidance on how to disarm a bully
My mother always said it takes two people to fight. If you refuse to fight, there is no fight. But that doesn’t mean you should just let the bully win. There are ways to disarm a bully by not playing their game.
No one should have to endure the wrath of a bullying boss
Bullying bosses make life intolerable. They sap energy out of their team and make getting work done exponentially harder. The sad truth is that some people just can’t help it and they should never have been made a manager.
What can you do besides just walk away?
We have all been told to ignore bullies and they will go away. And, we all know, this doesn’t really work all that well. So what can you do besides just walk away?
Gaslighting – you aren’t imagining it
Gaslighters are only able to do what they do if they have plausible deniability. By documenting everything, you deny them plausible deniability. Gaslighters tend to wilt under the glare of thorough documentation and follow up.