Walk Away to Win: A Playbook to Combat Workplace Bullying

PART III

STUDY

The Xs and Os of Workplace Bullying

Now that you’ve been introduced to the five types of bullies from 10,000 feet and you’ve read some examples of healthy and unhealthy workplace cultures in the making, let’s come down to earth in this next part of the book for a close-up look at each: the In-Your-Face, Rat-Face, Two-Face, About-Face, and Gaslighter. Using real-life examples, let’s look at how the bully might react to the four possible responses from the target: ignore, resist, comply, and enlist.

Like athletes studying game film, the idea is for you to analyze both the offense and the options you have in your toolbox to respond ...