Dealing With a Bully Leader

Definition of a Bully

When The Boss is A Bully 

Almost daily these days, there is another story of a world leader who intimidates, threatens, bad mouths or pushes people around to get their way!

Several clients of mine have dealt with bullies on their teams, but bullying at work is much tougher with when that bully your boss or a leader you have to associate with in the company.

A bully leader in the workplace (even if you don't report to them) causes stress, pressure and great discomfort to everyone. The Workplace Bullying Institute US national research claims that 30% of workers in the US are bullied at work, over 22 million employees witness it and 1 of 10 claim they work in a toxic workplace as a result.

The environment becomes toxic when everyone tries to avoid humiliation, or kiss-up to be in his/her good graces.  For others, the only way to cope is to quit their job, particularly if they have been targeted by that bully.

When a bully boss makes you a target, work becomes pretty unbearable. This was the case for one of my clients. Below I'll share with you some of the strategies that she found helpful to continue to work with this very difficult leader.

Interestingly, as we worked through identifying her personality style, we decoded his DiSC style as well. The more we discussed style differences, the more we saw similarities to a fairly well-known bully world leader! 

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