It’s a book about workplace bullying and harassment
WORKPLACE BULLIES – HELP AND ADVICE FOR VICTIMS
My boss behaves just like Gordon Ramsay. Do I have to put up with
it?
No matter where you live - Africa, Belgium, Canada, Dubai, England
or anywhere else - workplace bullying is a huge problem for victims
and their families.
Bullies everywhere will operate in much the same way, but
understanding of workplace bullying and support for victims is sadly
lacking in most workplaces all over the world
If you have done any research, you will have learned that there are
plenty of books and websites that will give you a “definition” of
workplace bullying. We don’t need to repeat any of that here; you
will know if you are being bullied. If someone close to you
describes what is going on at their workplace, you will know when
the line has been crossed – the line between acceptable and
unacceptable workplace behavior. Most people a very good instinct
about when they are being bullied or harassed.
The problem with most books that offer advice on dealing with
workplace bullying is simply this; they are very narrowly focused on
the bullying conduct, on how that makes the victim feel, and often
make simple suggestions such as, “You should stand up to a bully” or
“You don’t have to put up with it.”
By the time a victim fully realizes what is really happening at
work, the bullying problem has usually become quite complicated.
Simple answers like the ones above will not do the job, because
people in trouble at work don’t normally start looking for outside
help until things have become really serious.
Workplace lawyer and author of How to Beat Your Boss: The
Workplace Survival Guide T J McHugh deeply understands these
issues through his years of advising all kinds of workers in
trouble; from executives, professional people (even including other
lawyers) teachers, police officers, nurses and other health care
workers, trades people, laborers and factory workers.
Unlike many unqualified writers on this important subject, T
J knows what works in real workplaces.
Practical and legal advice about workplace bullying and
harassment is the by far the most frequent request received at his
employment law practice. (T J
has mastered this subject from other perspectives too, not just as a
lawyer. Check his profile on the About the Author page and you will
understand why he is in a unique positions to help you.)
T J shares lots of tips and advice, helping you to work through any
type of workplace issue, conflict, dispute or other worrying
situation. For example, in real workplaces bullying conduct is
usually accompanied by other unlawful conduct, and this can often be
a key to beating a bully boss or a bully co-worker.
T J’s advice is backed up by lots of true-to-life case studies and
insights into patterns of behavior that can help readers interpret
situations at work.
Organizational bullying
How to Beat Your Boss: The Workplace Survival Guide
explains how some employers use internal employee grievance
processes to bully and intimidate workers. Author T J McHugh calls
this “institutional bullying” and he explains how to handle the
inevitable pressures.
Many employers have a quite distinct “culture of bullying” which
filters from the top.
Learn what you should do to protect yourself when the whole
organization seems to be against you.
Bullying by co-workers
Frequently the workplace bully is not a boss - it’s a co-worker who
seems to get on well with the manager. What can you do in this
situation?
WORKPLACE PSYCHOPATHS
Psychopaths in workplaces are a very real, very common and grossly
underestimated phenomenon. They can be bosses or co-workers. Most
victims don’t understand what is happening to them until things have
gotten way out of control.
Regrettably, many lawyers, doctors and others who try to help
workplace victims grossly underestimate the complexities involved
because they simply don’t know what they’re dealing with.
T J is a workplace lawyer who has developed a rare insight into the
way workplace psychopaths operate, and the devastation they can
cause to innocent individuals in the workplace.
How to Beat Your Boss: The Workplace Survival Guide
lists the telltale signs that let you know when you are at risk, and
how to shield yourself and your family members.