From Fired to Fired Up

Welcome to my first podcast on Workplace Fairness and Dignity. This launch tells of how I went from fired to podcast. And so in that spirit, I am calling this, my introductory piece: From Fired to Fired Up! On it you’ll hear the following:

A primer on who I am/brief biography;

How I went from fired to launching a podcast;

How I came into the position from which I was fired, and my firing by Webex one year later;

Why I launched this podcast, why I think the topic of workplace dignity and fairness needs to be promoted;

How workplace dignity and respect is considered a “revolutionary” concept and why there needs to be a paradigm shift, normalizing respect and dignity in the workplace;

Things I have learned on this topic, including who tends to bully, and who they bully, including the breakdown by gender.  

Materials referenced in this episode:

Clutch is a ratings and review company for IT marketing and business services companies. The website for Clutch is clutch.co  https://clutch.co/)

2017 Workplace Bullying Institute U.S. Workplace Bullying Survey, Gary Namie, PhD, Research Director. https://workplacebullying.org/download/2017-wbi/ 

Pfeffer, Jeffrey. Dying For A Paycheck. HarperCollins  (2018). 

Pfeffer, Jeffrey (2018, May 2) How your workplace is killing you. BBC.com. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180502-how-your-workplace-is-killing-you

Yamada, D. (2008) Workplace Bullying and Ethical Leadership. Values Based Leadership Journal. 1(2).  http://www.valuesbasedleadershipjournal.com/issues/vol1issue2/yamada.php

MUSIC: Vintage Background Jazz Atmosphere by Volodymyr Piddubnyk; Funky Brass Time by Jason Donnelly; Morning Sun by Will Van De Crommert.