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Bullies aren't limited to the playground. These days, they roam our offices and can be found everywhere from break rooms to boardrooms. They don't steal your lunch money, but they can make your work life a living hell--and even ruin your career. Whether the bully is a boss or a coworker...whether you're the target of manipulation, intimidation, verbal abuse, or deliberate humiliation, "Beating the Workplace Bully "will show you how to fight back. Filled with exercises, assessments, and real-life examples, this empowering guide helps you recognize what's been making you a victim...and reveals how to: Avoid typical bully traps - Remain aware and in charge - Move past your fear - Calm yourself in any confrontation - Keep your dignity intact - Build confidence - Handle sneak attacks - Strengthen your resolve - Understand the steps that your employer or supervisors can take to address the issue - Combat cyberbullying - And more With this practical, personal coaching program in your corner, you can reclaim your power--and defeat the office bully once and for all.
About the Author
President of The Growth Company, Inc., a management consulting, training, human resources and organizational strategy firm, Lynne Curry brings her clients a track record in management and human resources consulting; Board, manager and employee training, and organizational strategy consulting.
Curry has provided more than 55,000 consulting projects to more than 3,700 organizations in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Connecticut, Arizona, Washington D.C., Illinois, New York, Arizona, Texas, Japan, Korea, China, Guam and England.
Curry's clients include a diverse variety of private sector companies (oil & gas; construction; finance; medical & dental; real estate; retail & hospitality) ; professional services firms (legal, engineering, architectural, accounting & other service firms) ; utilities; Alaska Native corporations; governmental organizations (federal, state, municipal & tribal) and non-profit corporations and agencies.
In addition to her doctorate, Curry has a Senior Professional in Human Services certificate.
The following organizes Curry's background in specific areas.
Writing
Curry has authored four books, Managing Equally & Legally (McFarland & Company, 1990) ; Solutions; Won By One and A Supervisor's Desk Manual on Performance Appraisal.
Curry's "Dear Abby of the Workplace" business column has been published since 1983 in the Alaska Dispatch News (formerly the Anchorage Daily News) and since 1999 in the Tri-city Herald (Washington) .
The Society for Human Resource Management, the largest professional organization for human resource professionals published two of Curry's articles in 2014, sending one to a subscription list of 400,000.
Curry's articles have been featured in more than 200 publications including Entrepreneur, Yahoo!News and CBS MoneyWatch, and Supervision. Curry is a weekly columnist for HRC Suite, with a subscription base of 200,000.
Curry founded www.workplacecoachblog.com which averages 3223 hits and 291 visits daily.
Training and facilitation
Curry makes more than 100 presentations to 300 companies and organizations annually. These presentations involve audiences of up to 400 individuals from companies and organizations such as British Petroleum, State Farm Insurance, Conoco Phillips, and the U.S. Army.
Curry provides dynamic, professional, results-oriented training sessions in more than 200 areas including: leadership; management and supervision; Board of Directors' work; training, presentations, facilitation and mediation; coaching; marketing, sales and customer service; personal and professional development; memory; time and stress management; team-building; diversity; GenX/Y; media; ethics; communications, conflict management and negotiation; motivation and change management. Curry has been awarded the Trainer of the Year award
