Transforming LinkedIn Bullying Into The #DecideToBeKind Movement ft. Shelly Elsliger

Intro:

Shelly Elsliger, founder of Linked-Express, is a celebrated LinkedIn Trainer and Social Connection Maker. Founder of the #decidetobekind movement, she tackles online bullying and promotes a culture of kindness.

Recognized by the National Women Speakers and a Forbes contributor, Shelly is a voice for diversity and psychological safety in the workplace. In her personal time, she enjoys pickleball and supports animal welfare in Nova Scotia.

Writing a book, almost done, “From Connections to Protection: combating bullying on linkedin” - coming out in early 2025!

 

Stay in Touch with Shelly: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/selsliger

To learn more about Shelly and her Services: https://linkedexpress.ca/

 

Bullying on LinkedIn is a little bit more discreet and it's not in your face like it is with some of the other social media sites you have to be very diligent. If you're dealing with a bully, don't think anything goes past them. And just remember that they can just come up like a chameleon and, and, and change their spots. 

 Welcome to weirdos in the workplace. The podcast that celebrates authenticity, transparency, passion, and purpose in our world of work today. I'm your host, Erin Patchell, and welcome to Shelly Ellslager, my friend.

Hi, Shelly. Hi,  thanks for joining me.  Thanks for having me. My pleasure. Uh, Shelley Elsliger is the founder of linked express. She's a celebrated LinkedIn trainer and social connection maker, the founder of the decide to be kind movement, hashtag decide to be kind. She tackles online bullying and promotes a culture of kindness.

She's been recognized by the national women's speakers and is a Forbes contributor.  She's the voice for diversity and psychological safety in the workplace and in her personal time. She enjoys Pickleball, uh, and supports animal welfare in Nova Scotia. And Shelley, I was so excited just right before the show that you're going to be an author soon in early January, February 2025.

Um, book called From Connections to Protection, Combating Bullying on LinkedIn. That's amazing. You're so cool. I love you.  It's great to talk about it, actually.  Thank you.  Getting it out there early. I like that. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, no, no, no. Um, I mean, you're probably one of the most prolific LinkedIn,  uh, trainers that I've ever met.

Um, so, you know, that's pretty, I think that's pretty neat. You know, you're, you've deep dived right in.  Yeah.  I don't know my life without LinkedIn, to be honest. I, I, it's just such a big part of what I do and what I help other people to do and achieve. So I just feel it's just a part of my regular everyday life.

Every day, but.  I've been using and promoting LinkedIn for a long, long time. Yeah, I actually love LinkedIn. I am not a fan of other social media platforms, mainly because I think, you know, the discussion kind of we're, we're going to be talking a little bit about bullying and online bullying today and, you know, and just being a, just a.

Big, big jerk all around, you know, people being jerks.  Um, but I find like, like Twitter or X, you know, even like Instagram, Facebook, uh, Twitter, YouTube's terrible nowadays. You know, you can't look at a comment section without. Without just having it turn your stomach anymore, you know, um, anyways, we're going to go down that rabbit hole, uh, further, but I want to know, like, how did you get so invested in LinkedIn?

Like, tell me what that journey was like for you.  So it's interesting how you know my relationship with LinkedIn became more than just the average person I mean I, I was an educator as a career development specialist I mean still am in many ways but  that took up a big part of my ca