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The In-Your-Face Bully
“Put the #&*# slide back!”
The sole purpose of the public/overt bully is to denigrate the target in a public setting. In-Your-Face bullies want witnesses. They want everyone to know they’re in power; they’re in charge. They’re easy to spot in the wild.
Stella was presenting a quarterly business review to the 40-person global team. This wasn’t a typical presentation. Stella and her team had worked on it for weeks. There were videos, editorial photography, storytelling at its best, all brought to life through a beautiful keynote presentation that had been heavily vetted, not only with Stella’s boss, but also with other senior stakeholders. Stella had been in her role long enough to know that the “meeting before the meeting” ...
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