Dealing With Insecure Bullies - Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites Podcast

Have you ever had to spend too much time around a person who tries to mask their insecurities by belittling others?

Many times people think a person like that is powerful – in truth, they’re so insecure about themselves that they hide behind the aggressive behavior. Sometimes they might be passive-aggressive, and sometimes they might say horrible things about another person, or maybe even you, loudly, not caring who hears. They swagger and puff themselves up and take an ugly tone of voice that drips with disrespect.

If you live with a person like that, can you move or make them move?

If you work with a person like that, can you ask for a work location as far from them as possible?

If you manage a person like that, you have your hands full.

They need to be seeing a therapist to work on themselves, so if they’re not, welcome to the world of hard conversations. If they’re not willing to work on themselves, put them somewhere that they can’t impact team morale. If that means you put them on the street, so be it.

Toxic insecurity will torpedo your team if you don’t torpedo the person first.

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