This compassionate guide is packed with advice for those being bullied by their colleagues, or those who recognize that a team member is the target of workplace bullying.
Being bullied by your team at work is highly toxic. You might experience considerable distress, a dramatic loss of self-esteem and tumbling self-confidence, alongside isolation or abandonment, as a trusted team of colleagues turns a blind eye to what's happening to you.
In How to Overcome Bullying in Your Team, chartered psychologist Aryanne Oade shares a wealth of practical wisdom for those being bullied by their team at work. Whether the bully is your team manager, a peer or a more junior colleague, this book will provide you with tactics, insight and empathy with which you can tackle team bullying. You will learn to:
- Develop the skills and resilience you need to confront bullying and protect yourself from it
- Recognize the ways that team dynamics and allegiances alter because of bullying
- Respond effectively to a range of team bullying tactics, including whispering campaigns, outright untruths and unjust accusations of under-performance
- Speak up for a colleague who is being bullied in front of the team
- Regain your self-esteem and self-confidence after team bullying - and begin to thrive at work