Bullies featuring James "Jay" Guilford

A few years ago, Jay ran away with Cirque du Soleil.  At the Cirque-Us, Jay led the design of Cirque’s corporate training and team-building sessions.  He literally worked with a bunch of clowns.  

Jay’s professional nickname is "The Boss Whisperer."  His superpower is the ability to deliver "difficult" feedback to teams and senior leaders in ways they can hear.  Jay has had the good great fortune of working with several name-brand companies, including Google, Uber, Mastercard, NHL, Club Med Punta Cana, Kmart Australia, and SAB Miller Brewery Latin America.

As a former and reformed bully boss, Jay has personally experienced the transformative power of leadership training and coaching.  Thus, Jay’s goal is to improve the way managers lead and team members interact.  His mission is to build a world where work is not just a means to an end but a source of inspiration, transformation, and interpersonal growth.

Jay is the president of CoWorks, a consulting firm offering day-long workshops that increase emotional intelligence, improve feedback, and develop conflict-resolution skills for managers,  

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn -- His profile is listed as James Guilford.  You can also reach him via email at jay@coworkslead.com.   

Shownotes Summary 

We will talk about the uncomfortable truth of bullying in at work.

“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. -Benjamin Disraeli” 

Questions that Jay and I will discuss are:

• Why is the topic an uncomfortable truth and needs to be talked about
• How come, with gazillions of books, workshops, training, and media exposure, we see a rise in toxic workplace cultures?
• Why is bullying so very much linked to management – the more senior the worse, some would say, with the perception that brute and bullish behavior is even rewarded?
• Bullying is gender-neutral!