How to Confront a Project or Office Bully

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Paul Pelletier Project management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This is an excellent Harvard Business Review article with an actual successful office bully confrontation. I support the strategy recommended by the author.

https://hbr.org/2010/04/are-bullies-in-your-workplace

A real life example for Project Managers to add to their bullying toolkit.

Have you encountered a similar challenge? If so, what did you do and what was the result?

Posted: Jan 6, 2016 1:08 PM

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Paul Pelletier Project management key note speaker, author, corporate lawyer, and executive| Paul Pelletier Consulting Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yes - I have a U of T law degree. I'll let you know if I hear anything from the chapter - promise. You live in a lovely area. I've always liked the Kitchener/Waterloo corridor.

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Jan 07, 2016 1:12 PM

Rami Kaibni

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Thanks a lot Paul, please do let me know for sure. If I was in town, I would love to attend.

Kitchener is a nice area but I live in Brantford which is in between somehow.

Posted: Jan 7, 2016 1:10 PM

Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Jan 07, 2016 1:10 PM

Replying to Paul Pelletier

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Yes - I have a U of T law degree. I'll let you know if I hear anything from the chapter - promise. You live in a lovely area. I've always liked the Kitchener/Waterloo corridor.

Thanks a lot Paul, please do let me know for sure. If I was in town, I would love to attend.

Kitchener is a nice area but I live in Brantford which is in between somehow.

Posted: Jan 7, 2016 1:12 PM (Updated by author: Jan 7, 2016 1:23 PM)

Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Jan 07, 2016 10:26 AM

Replying to Paul Pelletier

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Hello Balaji, Sandiylan, Stephane and Rami. Thank you all for your great contributions. What I found interesting is that you come from completely different corners of the world yet all have been impacted by bullying. This is a global challenge for all industries, sectors and roles.

Insecurity is indeed one of the motivators. So are the need to control, jealousy, ego. Bullies usually perceive that someone is a "threat" to their drive for attention, success, and results.

I recently finished a book on Workplace Bullying and it supports all your perspectives. Thanks for sharing.

You are most welcome Paul. I haven't been directly impacted but I did have employees who used to bully others in the projects and I know exactly how it feels.

Posted: Jan 7, 2016 1:22 PM

Patrick Shediack Program Manager| Air Force Lifecycle Management Center Dayton, Oh, United States

Years ago, I noticed one senior official would berate his subordinates in project meetings. I passed word to the project's senior representative of the executive sponsor who quickly put an end to that behavior, then started attending the weekly project meetings to make sure it did not recur.

Posted: Jan 7, 2016 4:56 PM

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