#GASLIGHT PODCAST HOW TO#

How do you define this colloquialism, gaslighting, especially when it comes to the workplace? MITA MALLICK: Thank you so much for having me.ĬURT NICKISCH: Now, this is a word that’s been used quite a bit in headlines.

#GASLIGHT PODCAST HOW TO#

And she wrote the hbr.org article, How To Intervene When A Manager Is Gaslighting Their Employees. She’s the head of inclusion, equity, and impact at the firm Carta. When you’re being gaslit, it hurts your self-esteem, mental health, and job performance. They pretend not to understand, they change the subject, they trivialize your feelings, or they deny that something happened. In the workplace, it’s often a manager doing this. That’s the idea that someone can make someone else question their memory, their perception of reality. Our guest today says that at some point in our working lives, we’re likely to deal with a toxic behavior called gaslighting. What am I doing wrong?” Well, maybe it’s not you. Like, “None of this is how I remember it. It’s easy to feel some self-doubt when things go awry. Have you ever come out of a work meeting where you did not understand what just happened, or why? Like, why was that person presenting the idea that you suggested at a previous meeting? Or wait, why did that supervisor do an about face and act like it’s totally normal? We’ve been taught to try to see things from other peoples’ perspective in the workplace, to fix things that you can control, like your communication and your collaboration. Mallick wrote the HBR.org article “ How to Intervene When a Manager Is Gaslighting Their Employees.”ĬURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. She explains how to recognize the manipulative behavior, what to do about it in the moment, and how companies can respond. Gaslighting can damage the victim’s well-being and performance as well as the company overall. That’s when a manager or coworker engages in behavior where one thing happens, and they try to convince the victim otherwise. Mita Mallick, head of inclusion, equity, and impact at the firm Carta, says gaslighting at the office is more common than many people realize.

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