How to Humanistically Handle Bad Bullying Bosses

By Jennifer Hancock

Can behavioral science help us learn how to help bad bullying bosses be less ... bad? Yes. It can. Jennifer Hancock, author of several award-winning books and founder of Humanist Learning Systems will teach us how to humanistically help our bosses be better managers. She specializes in humanistic management and programs focused on how to stop bullying and harassment using science. Her insights on how to combine philosophy and science to help solve our problems more effectively have helped countless people all over the world.

We all know that bullying is not a valid management technique. But what should you do if your boss is the bully? In this book Jennifer Hancock discusses reasons why bosses behave badly, the importance of correctly diagnosing the problem, creating a strategy to deal with it and how to use behavioral management techniques to help train your boss to be less bad.

Topics Covered:
- What bullying and harassment is
- How to stop unwanted behavior using behavioral science
- Using Compassion and Dignity to address inappropriate behavior in the workplace
- How to document inappropriate behavior effectively

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jennifer Hancock
• Release date: Jan 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463803981

Jennifer Hancock

Transforming Lives Through Humanism By sharing her pragmatic Humanist approach to living life fully and intentionally, Jennifer has transformed the lives of those who have been touched by her work. By encouraging people be the best, most ethical humans they can be, she consistently challenges people to think about and question who they are, what they are and more importantly, how they want to be. She is one of the few individuals in America who was raised as a Humanist and she brings her delightful sense of humor, creativity, and compassion combined with a no-nonsense approach to all of her work and her coaching. She will help you focus on what really matters in your life and will teach you the practical skills you need to live your life the way you know you should be: ethically, compassionately and responsibly.

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How to Humanistically Handle Bad Bullying Bosses

by Jennifer Hancock

Published by Jennifer Hancock

Copyright 2020 by Jennifer Hancock

Published 2020

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ISBN: 9780463803981

Title: How to Humanistically Handle Bad Bullying Bosses

Author: Jennifer Hancock

Editor: Desiree Vogelpohl

Publisher: Smashwords, Inc.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Bullying is not a Valid Management Technique

Chapter 2: What bullying is – and is not

Chapter 3: Defining Bad Bosses

Chapter 4: What to do if your boss is the problem

Chapter 5: Behavioral science on how behaiors are learned and unlearned

Chapter 6: Applying this to your boss

Chapter 7: How to remove rewards or work around a bad bullying boss

Chapter 8: What if they are really abusive?

Chapter 9: The importance of dignity

Chapter 10: Humanistic Management as an alternative

Chapter 11: About the author

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Chapter 1: Bullying is not a valid management technique

This should not need to be said, but bullying is not a valid management technique. Management by intimidation is managing people with fear. It’s not a very effective way to get people to do work. There are other better ways to maintain work levels and increase accountability.

It’s also expensive because it encourages fraud and reduces transparency as people start lying to avoid the bosses’ ire. This, in turn, negatively impacts decision making – because leaders end up making decisions with bad or inaccurate information.

Finally, it causes negative effects on morale. No one likes working for a bullying boss. No one. It also serves no legitimate purpose.