Reflections On The Road To Respect

I noticed an older gentleman among the audience members waiting to speak to me after a recent conference presentation. When the room had cleared, he asked if I had a few extra minutes to talk with him.Turns out that the information in my presentation confirmed for him that he was being bullied at work. The perpetrator was a new hire who had become his supervisor.His was an all too familiar story. He had enjoyed a wonderful career with his current organization and was nearing retirement. He’d never had any issues with anyone he worked with and had no idea what he had done to cause this problem. Although he was working ever harder, trying to be an asset to the team, whatever he did, his new boss found fault with him. It was a litany of criticism, humiliation, insults and abuse.He wanted to resolve the situation. He had spoken to her on several occasions. That only seemed to make it worse.The stress of trying to deal with this for a number of months was taking a toll on his emotional and physical health.