Manage Abrasive Workplace Behavior With Backbone

Abrasive employees rub their coworkers the wrong way, with behaviors ranging from mild offense to open attack. Their bullying behaviors cause interpersonal friction that grates on subordinates, peers, and often superiors, eroding motivation and disrupting the smooth flow of work. Employees in leadership roles can inflict especially deep wounds and intense suffering in coworkers, customers, clients, patients and/or students, disrupting productivity. Managing abrasive workplace behavior is no easy task, and doing it ineptly, or failing to do it altogether can have disastrous consequences for your organization, your employees, and you. What does it take to successfully manage abrasive workplace behavior? It takes courageous intervention paired with psychological insight, otherwise known as Management Backbone. This course provides step-by-step guidance on how to confidently and compassionately intervene to stop the individual suffering and organizational disruption caused by abrasive workplace behavior.