Restitution for the violated

Restitution for the violated

Niceties over, when the business talk began I was not prepared for the assault.  I was being sacked. By telephone. With no prior notice or warning, no invitation to discuss my behaviour, no consultation at  all.  After 23 years.  A...
Recognising the last straw

Recognising the last straw

The last straw. What was your last straw? What made you finally snap after years of tolerating abuse, manipulation and deceit? I knew I was being unfairly treated, managed, and used, but I told myself time and again that I could cope with it, that it wasn’t all bad,...
Re-building: the bridge out of the swamp

Re-building: the bridge out of the swamp

In a recent twitter exchange two professors discussed ways of dealing with negative workplace attitudes. Professor Alison Leary said: “I…have learned to walk away….from disrespect… tokenism… aggression… wasting energy and time.” Professor Trish Greenhalgh referred to...
Re-illuminating: gaslighting at work

Re-illuminating: gaslighting at work

In the darkness of a late January evening, the rest of my family upstairs preparing for their evening of television in bed, I laid my head on my desk and sobbed. Sobbed in despair. In fear that I was losing my mind. I sobbed because it seemed I had been mistaken that...