Professional Documents
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productivity
Sudeep D’Souza
Rahul Sharma
Jerks???
1. Personal Insults
2. Invading coworker’s personal territory
3. Uninvited Physical contact
4. Threats and intimidation, verbal and
nonverbal
5. Sarcastic jokes and teasing used as insult
delivery
6. Withering e-mails
7. Status slaps intended to humiliate victims.
8. Public shaming or status degradation
rituals
9. Rude interruptions
10.Two-faced attacks
11.Dirty Looks
12.Treating people as if they were invisible.
Damage to victims and witnesses
• Polite confrontation
• Limit your contact with the jerk as much as possible
• Find ways to enjoy “small wins” over jerks
• Practice indifference and emotional detachment –
learn how not to let an jerk touch your soul.
• Keep an jerk diary — carefully document what the
jerk does and when it happens.