How to overcome bullying in the workplace and take back your career

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Chan With A Plan, host Max Chan speaks with Jean Tien, an intuitive mindset coach, specializing in working with female corporate executives ready to experience more in life without burnout. She shares her own personal experience with workplace bullying and provides strategies and advice on what she did to overcome it so you can do the same thing and take back your career. 

QUOTES

  • “Once you submit to [their bullying] and they see that they have control over you, in that sense they pretty much live off of that, they thrive off of that and there’s a compound effect to that as well, meaning like they see it, they know it, they keep kind of like sticking that dagger within you.” - Jean Tien [9:23]

  • “If your end goal is to have the [bully] fired, I wouldn’t go to HR, I would reevaluate that end goal because unless it’s illegal, it’s most likely not going to happen and it actually looks poorly and reflects poorly on you.” - Jean Tien [26:08]

  • “I think the 1 career lesson that I’ve learned that I think has helped me along the way is really to understand that what I do at the office is not about me.” - Jean Tien [37:25]

TIMESTAMPS

  • [1:35] Meet Jean

  • [4:17] Types of bullying Jean has experienced throughout her career

  • [8:56] Overcoming fear based bullying

  • [15:43] Standing your ground

  • [25:31] When should you go to HR to report bullying

  • [32:00] Difference between bullying and harassment

  • [34:52] Strategies to overcome a bullying boss

  • [37:12] Biggest career challenge Jean had to overcome, to get to where she is today

  • [38:14] Contacting Jean

  • [38:39] Outro

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