Walk Away to Win: A Playbook to Combat Workplace Bullying

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Can I Get a Witness? Bullying Affects Everyone

Bullying steals your hope.

Targets aren’t the only ones whose careers can be leveled by bullies: so, too, can those of innocent bystanders. Colleagues of the target. People like Shelley, a manager, who was an accomplished leader for an international beverage brand for more than a decade.

At 40, she was meeting with big hitters, decision makers from major events and broadcast networks around the world.

“It was problem solving at its best,” Shelley said, “because I had a boss who let me run.”

She was living the dream. She had worked on product for six major brand campaigns, and because she spent 13 years in the same role, she instilled great confidence in the external organizations with which she ...