Dealing With Jerks at Work

2min Snip

00:00

Play full episode

Summary

Transcript

Episode notes

We need to first find out if this behaviour is actually widespread, or if it's just pointed at us. A well connected ally can help you do that. These people almost never are holding a ton of power. In fact, i wouldn't recommend going to someone in power. I recommend going to some one who doesn't hold a lot of power over people,. and they'll give you a lay of the land. They'll give you some sense of, oh, yes, this person has a reputation. You're like the fourth person they've done this to that i've witnessed this kind of thing. Not though woring, you know, some one abit at arm's length.

In this live taping of the podcast at Caveat in NYC, Dr. Tessa West, the author of Jerks at Work, conducts quizzes to see what kind of jerk you are and what kind of jerk most-easily persuades you in the workplace. You will also learn how to counteract the behaviors of people who make work suck more than it should.

West is a leading expert on interpersonal interaction and communication and will explain how to make work suck less as we return to our offices and figure out how to balance working remotely with working in-person after a year of re-imagining what work even means. West’s new book is an exploration of all the psychological research into how and why gaslighters, bulldozers, neglectors, micromanagers and more do their thing in our workplaces and how to use what we know from decades of psychological research to counteract their Machiavellian machinations.

Patreon: http://patreon.com/youarenotsosmart