Exposing Workplace Bullying pulls back the curtain on what really happens when abuse is allowed to thrive at work. It’s rarely obvious. It’s layered, protected by silence, and often dismissed as conflict or personality differences. That’s what makes it so hard to recognize—and even harder to stop. This podcast dives into the complexity of workplace bullying: the power plays, the cowardice of bystanders, the complicity of HR, the executives who turn a blind eye, and how it quietly damages car ...
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Dr. Jan Kircher Podcasts
Workplace bullying doesn’t survive because of one person — it survives because of the crowd that allows it. In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher breaks down how groupthink, bias, and the need to belong twist ordinary workplaces into systems that protect the bully and punish truth-tellers. You’ll hear how bystanders learn to rationalize harm, how bias t…
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In this episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, Dr. Jan Kircher challenges one of the biggest lies in bully culture—the idea that bystanders are neutral. Neutrality isn’t harmless; it’s complicity. Drawing from personal experience and years of research, Dr. Kircher reveals how bystanders protect power through inaction and what that means for those …
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Season Two of Exposing Workplace Bullying starts here. This episode pulls back the curtain on bystanders—the people who see bullying but do nothing. Dr. Jan Kircher explores why silence is never neutral, how group dynamics protect bullies, and why betrayal from bystanders often hurts the most. 🎧 Listen now and see the full picture of bully culture.…
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Reclaiming Your Power: The Truth Beyond Survival
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Reclaiming your power at work isn’t about fighting the bully — it’s about protecting yourself, staying steady, and building strategies that actually work. In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher pulls together everything from Season One, showing how to move from surviving to rebuilding while preparing for Season Two: The Bystander Effect. Learn how to foc…
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Think reporting workplace bullying will fix the problem? Think again. Reporting isn’t a clean fix — it can be risky, draining, and often feels like you’re the one on trial. In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher explains why reporting rarely plays out the way you imagine, how bullies build alliances before you even speak up, the role of documentation in …
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Strategizing When the System is Failing You
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When HR shrugs, leadership looks away, and colleagues stay silent, it can feel like the whole system is stacked against you. So what can you do? In this episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, Dr. Jan Kircher shares practical ways to protect yourself when no one else will — from using micro-scripts and assertive questions to spotting patterns that …
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Deciding whether to stay or leave a bullying workplace is one of the hardest choices you’ll face. In this bonus episode, Dr. Jan Kircher explores the risks on both sides and why the decision is so personal — tied to your health, career, and future. To go with this episode, I’ve created a companion resource: Should I Stay or Go? Weighing Your Option…
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In this episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, Dr. Jan Kircher explores what bullying really looks like at work — and how it’s often far more subtle, calculated, and damaging than people realize. She shares the criteria she’s developed to help you recognize it, along with her own personal experiences of navigating an abusive workplace. If you’ve e…
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When you’re told to “document it,” while you’re being bullied at work, it can feel like just another burden — one more exhausting task piled onto an already painful experience. But documentation isn’t busywork. It’s your silent witness, your record of truth, and one of the strongest tools you have against workplace bullying. In this episode, Dr. Ja…
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Bullies don’t follow a single script — they use whatever works to gain control and cause harm. In this episode, I break down the major tactics bullies use at work: verbal, nonverbal, cyber, physical, emotional, and even pulling other people into their behavior. From gaslighting to intimidation, you’ll see how these tactics are designed to discredit…
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Workplace bullying isn’t just “stress at work.” It’s trauma that seeps into every part of your life — your health, your confidence, and your sense of self. In this episode, Dr. Jan Kircher unpacks the three layers of trauma that make bullying so devastating: the direct abuse, the silence of bystanders, and the betrayal of broken systems. You’ll als…
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What happens when you finally speak up about workplace bullying—and no one believes you? In this bonus episode, Dr. Jan shares her personal story of being dismissed, questioned, and ignored by those closest to her. She also reflects on how vital it is to have even one person who sees the truth and stands with you. If you’ve ever felt unseen or blam…
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In this powerful first episode of Exposing Workplace Bullying, host Dr. Jan Kircher—founder of Stop Bully Culture—pulls back the curtain on the harsh realities of workplace abuse. Drawing from her own experience as a social work professor and single mother, Jan reveals how conventional advice like “report the bully” or “trust the process” often bac…
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