2. Power Abuse
FEARof
• FEAR of being ABUSED
• FEAR of being ABUSIVE
• FEAR the difficult conversation (because of ABUSE)
• FEAR of getting fired or excluded unfairly (ABUSED)
“shut the f#*k up!”
3. Abuse of power is OFFENSIVE behavior
Browbeating
They use… DOGMA
Blaming Rhetorical Questions
“REALLY?”
Volume
Tone
Intimidation
Manipulation
Steamrolling
MISLEADING
Sulking
Humiliating
GASLIGHTINGIgnoring
(silent treatment)
SARCASMCoercion
ThreateningDEADLINES
4. We allow power abuse by…
We use…
SNOWFLAKE
Going with the flow
5.
6. One day Psychological Health
& Safety will also be Mandatory
in the workplace!
Occupational Health & Safety
mandatory in the workplace.
14. What people are saying…
“
”
Very interesting point, Desmond.
Democratize organizational power as we do
political power, so (we) can vote people out
Timothy R. Clark
Author of The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety
15. …the sky might not be the limit
…no more walking on eggshells
When we stop power abuse