From the course: Navigating Awkward Situations at Work
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Your boss is disrespectful
From the course: Navigating Awkward Situations at Work
Your boss is disrespectful
- Maybe your boss spoke negatively about you behind your back or they're belittling your work or just ignoring you. The most important thing to do in these situations is to go to your boss and be absolutely clear about the behavior that was disrespectful or hurtful. This isn't saying you are out to get me or I can't believe you. You just use a simple when you did that, it made me feel like this. If this was the first time it happened, you can even follow that with I'm sure that wasn't your intent. The objective here is to lay the facts on the table then you wanna come to an agreement on how you can avoid that dynamic in the future. In this scenario, let's say Lisa dismissed by contributions in the meeting and spoke negative about me in front of a client. Hey, Lisa, I wanted to talk to you about that meeting. - Yeah. - When you said I wasn't strategic in front of our clients, it made me feel pretty embarrassed in front of them and I'm sure that wasn't your intent. - No, no, that wasn't…
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