Advice on Coping With An Abusive Boss, Biz Coach

April 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Seattle Biz Coach Terry Corbell says it’s nearly impossible for an organization to succeed with poor management, especially when bosses discriminate and harass employees. He tells a reader how to deal with such a boss.

“In the private sector and government, organizational performance is strong when employees are confident. In turn, employees perform well and they are confident in their employers if the organization is competitive,” writes Mr. Corbell. “That can only come if an organization is well-managed, and employees are confident about their future and are treated well.”

In response to a reader’s request for help, The Biz Coach provides proven advice for coping with a supervisor, who is culpable in discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

“The degreed employee had just received a negative performance appraisal, and is a white-collar professional over 40 years old,” Mr. Corbell explained. “The appraisal threatened a coaching and counseling session in 90 days as a precursor to being terminated.”

Even when a boss is guilty of age discrimination, harassment and retaliation, Mr. Corbell suggests alternatives to taking legal action. He's big on assertiveness training.

“Even in the face of such bad management, my personal philosophy is to try to avoid calling attorneys or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,” he says. “The self-esteem benefits from triumphing over such adversities are worth it.  So, before calling the EEOC, I suggested an alternative.”

His suggestions:

- Respond in writing to the appraisal after doing some research. (Research should include best-practices management, related-EEOC definitions on discrimination harassment, and the organization’s employee handbook and the organization’s published management principles.)

- Then compare the supervisor’s behavior with the best-practices management and EEOC standards.

- Document and compile a list of management misbehavior – try to reach the magic number of six allegations of poor management.

- Write a response using five steps in “How To Assertively Voice  A Complaint.”

For the five steps on how to be assertive, see his column, “How To Deal With An Oppressive Employer. ” (ttp://www.bizcoachinfo.com/archives/3418)

As The New York Times referred to him in "Been There... Done That... Here's How", Terry Corbell has more than 30 years experience as a profit professional and business-performance consultant.

He is managing member of CMS Associates LLC, www.cmsassociatesllc.com.  

He is also published online at the Money News page of CBS-TV Seattle affiliate, KIRO – the “National 2009 Edward R. Murrow Winner for Overall Excellence.”

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/terrycorbell

His memberships:

Society of American Business Editors and Writers (www.sabew.org).
Consultants West (www.consultantswest.com)

His Biz Coach site was developed by Solid Technology (www.solidtechnology.com) in Portland, OR.

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Biz Coach Terry Corbell is a business-performance consultant and profit professional. As a longtime media columnist, he publishes performance-enhancing strategies at The Biz Coach: http://www.bizcoachinfo.com, Proven Solutions for Maximum Profits.