It's easy for adults to tell children how to react in bullying situations, including those where the child is a mere witness to such events. Right? What about when witnessing other adults being bullied?
I know people typically think that engaging in a job search can beat you up and be tough on the ego. But I'm here to say not so! For those in professionally unhealthy situations, it can be an uplifting exercise that helps immensely.
Hate your boss? You might want to blame your career choice. The job site Payscale ranked the jobs where workers are most likely to hate their mana...
"Which side is yours?" That's what the new manager at the restaurant where I worked as a cocktail waitress wanted to know.
Now I'm a big fan of the fake-it-till-you-make-it school of career advancement, but there are some things you really gotta know, because there just aren't any excuses for not knowing them.
Nightmare bosses cause a reactive mess of coping behavior among their team. People will avoid giving them bad/controversial but important news, suck up to them, hide below their radar, or worse, adopt similar behavior with their own teams.
"My God, my God," says my friend Kristin on the phone, whispering so as not to be overheard by her cubicle-mates. "I am surrounded by zombies."
In an arguable vote of no confidence, two in three American workers surveyed in a new poll say that they would rather get rid of their bosses than get...
I've found out over the years that if you have a disagreement with your boss -- no matter where you work -- the person with the most power wins. Always.
That smacking sound you hear is a chorus of ass-kissing taking place throughout our land. Kidding! Kind of. Tuesday October 16th is National Boss ...
A Florida man is trying to break his employment contract in court by claiming that his boss tormented him and, among other things, forced him to house...
Managers, listen up: stop making your employees quit -- you're not doing the unemployment rate a favor, after all. Switch up your leadership style and stop watching your best employees walk away. Here's how
And you think your boss is bad? An Indian laborer supporting a family of 10 had his hand chopped off with an ax by the owner of the illegal brewery...
The real world may not afford us the opportunity to deal with difficult coworkers in the same way we get rid of the pigs in "Angry Birds," but there are lessons to be learned from the game.
Bad bosses take note! You won't last. That's one comforting conclusion from "The Value of Bosses," a new working paper from three business school p...
It turns out work may very well be the death of you. Bad managers are the culprits behind enormous health costs and can be a "major source of mise...
Have you had to deal with an incompetent boss? How did you manage?
Seems everyone has a favorite boss encounter of the absurd kind. A tsunami of requests for a follow-up -- along with a slew of anecdotes from friends -- inspired this Top Ten list of boss encounters of the absurd kind.
If you really want to be a good student of the Buddha and you're willing to take on a difficult learning assignment, here's a radical suggestion: love your problem people. They can teach you lessons that wonderful people never can.
These bad bosses aren't usually evil. They are soul destroying. But so are the well-intended, generally good people who have turned into insecure, credit-seeking, micromanaging nightmares. What can you do?
Well-meaning individuals who land roles as leaders often make your work life hellish because as nice as they are (and some are not!), they are inept at leading. So what's a professional to do?
I've been stuck in a corporate job my entire adult life. We recently had a management change over and I HATE my new boss. I've been dreaming of opening up my own restaurant for years and cooking is my passion. I have a family with three small children and can't lose the income of a stable job.
Employees who experience workplace bullying could be suffering more than mentally, according to a new study published in the International Journal of ...
There's been no shortage of disgraced authority figures in the news lately. But if the recent spate of scandals hasn't satisfied your appetite for sch...
Many people struggle to find ways to better cope when subjected to unhealthy, abusive management. Often that means learning stress management techniques, but ultimately, they aren't enough.
