Beating the Workplace Bully

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PUT ON YOUR GAME FACE: DON’T PLAY BY THE BULLY’S RULES

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.—NELSON MANDELA

ONLY ONE THING STOOD in the way of Todd getting the promotion he wanted: Floyd.

The two men couldn’t have been more different. Todd, a self-righteously arrogant man, barked orders at his employees, and they performed for him. Floyd, a quiet, unassuming individual, earned his employees’ respect by doing his job and giving them credit. When Floyd’s company made the decision to purchase Todd’s, everyone knew that after the merger became complete, one of the two men would receive the title of department director and the ...