Episode 20: The Myth and the Reality of Negotiating with a Workplace Bully

Kelli Confidential: Negotiation Essentials Empowering Extraordinary Women

Bullying is the weakest form of negotiation because force doesn’t rely on having much skill. It is brutish, primal and requires very little strategy.
And yet it remains pervasive in so many organisations. Some companies have practices that enable it - or glorify it even - if the remarkable popularity of "Succession's" calculating and ruthless anti-hero, Logan Roy, is anything to go by.
This is an important topic for so many people – women especially - who may feel they have no option and nowhere to go when dealing with a bully, and I’m here to tell you that you have more power and control than you think.
And because this is such a meaty subject, I’m covering this in a two-part episode. Today’s episode examines how the law views a bully, how it affects an organisation, and why the bully behaves as they do, and in the follow-up episode I’m breaking down what you can do when facing a negotiation with a bully (and the circumstances within which you should never negotiate) – so look out for that next episode to be released in the next week.
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👉Citation and References:

• Legal Resources (USA) - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: https://www.eeoc.gov/harassment
• https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/bullying/what-workplace-bullying-laws-actually-exist/
• Laws protecting college students (USA):https://www.duffylawct.com/title-ix/college-bullying-lawyer/
• Child Bullying resources (USA): https://www.stopbullying.gov/

• Legal Resources (UK): https://www.gov.uk/workplace-bullying-and-harassment
• ACAS Legal Resources (UK): Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service https://www.acas.org.uk/discrimination-bullying-and-harassment
• Anti-Bullying Helpline (UK): https://www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk/employees.html
• Existential Crisis: https://psychcentral.com/lib/existential-crisis-and-dread
• Levy, Daniel. “How a Foulmouthed Bigot Named Archie Bunker Charmed—and Changed—America”. Time Magazine 9 February 2021 (50th anniversary special edition) https://time.com
• WBI 2021 Survey: https://workplacebullying.org/2021-wbi-survey/
• WBI (US Stats and Resources) https://workplacebullying.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2021-Full-Report.pdf
• Workplace Bully (UK Stats): https://psychiatry-uk.com/workplace-bullying-what-is-it-and-how-do-we-stop-it/

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