Note: Due to COVID-19, the April Chapter meeting is being held virtually. The link to the virtual meeting will be sent out 24-48 hours prior to the start of the meeting. 

Prices have been modified to reflect the change to a virtual meeting;  LCHRA members may apply for scholarship assistance for registration. For more information, please visit https://lchra.org/scholarship. 

Solving the Problem of Abrasive Leaders

Event Summary:

Abrasive leaders rub their coworkers the wrong way. Commonly referred to as bullying bosses, their destructive management styles erode motivation and productivity in organizations. In today’s highly competitive business environments, employers cannot afford the costs of disruption caused by abrasive leaders, including alienation and attrition of valued employees, harassment litigation, and retaliatory responses such as sabotage and workplace violence.  Based upon Dr. Laura Crawshaw’s research and practice coaching abrasive leaders, these findings from The Boss Whispering Institute will address why leaders resort to bullying behaviors, why they deny their destructive impact, and what human resource professionals can do to effectively intervene. Participants will learn:

• Adequate vs. abrasive leaders: critical differentiations

• The most common characteristic behaviors of abrasive leaders

• The origins of abrasive leadership styles: myths and realities

• The dynamics of defensive aggression: Threat-Anxiety-Defense

• Why their managers don’t intervene

• What it takes to motivate an abrasive leader to modify his/her management style

• Critical elements in reducing defensiveness when coaching abrasive leaders

• How to motivate upper management to intervene in cases of workplace bullying.

Speaker Bio:

Andrea Muzikant is a Leadership Coach and has over 22 years of experience working in human services. Andrea also has served more than 14 years in leadership with county government in the state of Oregon.  She is the founder of Muzikant Coaching, LLC, a company that provides life and leadership coaching, focused on helping individuals and teams work better together.  Andrea specializes in “The Boss Whisperer®” method for abrasive managers, which helps leaders to overcome negative perceptions and become more insightful leaders. Andrea also plans and facilitates team-building retreats for organizations and provides trainings and workshops for new supervisors and managers. Andrea is originally from Oregon, and in her spare time she enjoys cycling and traveling. 

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