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Webinar - Cutting Through the DEI Noise
Webinar - Cutting Through the DEI Noise

Join me and Jenora Ledbetter March 12 

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Workplace, Women, PolicyMichele SimonMarch 11, 2025
HR Lies: Anticipate the Gaslighting!
HR Lies: Anticipate the Gaslighting!

HR is gaslighting you - pretending workplace abuse complaints never happened isn't memory loss, it's strategy. Workplace expert shares 5 essential tips to document everything and protect yourself when HR tries to silence you.

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Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonFebruary 25, 2025
Employment Laws Remain Unchanged
Employment Laws Remain Unchanged

While there is much to be alarmed about right now, I want to focus on one area that has not changed: employment anti-discrimination laws.

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Workplace, Women, PolicyMichele SimonFebruary 11, 2025
Narcissists Love Chaos!
Narcissists Love Chaos!

Does it feel like CHAOS right now? That's the narcissist's favorite tool, and we need to recognize what is happening as such.

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Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonJanuary 23, 2025
The Backlash to Fighting Back at Work
The Backlash to Fighting Back at Work

When you fight back against a toxic workplace, you often face retaliation. Learn why victims are blamed for their own trauma and how to navigate the fallout of speaking up.

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Michele SimonOctober 23, 2024
Top 5 Myths About Severance Pay
Top 5 Myths About Severance Pay

In my effort to help employees increase their severance pay, I am struck by several recurring themes that I hear as excuses to not ask for more.

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Workplace, WomenMichele SimonOctober 1, 2024
Mobbing at Work
Mobbing at Work

This next phase, called mobbing, is especially painful for me to write about because of how harshly I experienced it myself.

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Workplace, WomenMichele SimonSeptember 12, 2024
My Mom, the "Other VP"
My Mom, the "Other VP"

My mother lived a good long life. She left this world two years ago, at age 94.

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WomenMichele SimonAugust 22, 2024
Devaluation and Discard at Work
Devaluation and Discard at Work

Devaluation and discard are two key phases of workplace abuse. This article explains how you can be suddenly devalued and dismissed by a narcissistic boss or colleague, leaving you blindsided and confused.

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Workplace, WomenMichele SimonJuly 23, 2024
Covert Abuse and Work Theft
Covert Abuse and Work Theft

Workplace abuse isn't always obvious. Learn to recognize the signs of covert abuse and 'work theft,' where your ideas and labor are stolen. Discover strategies to protect yourself.

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Workplace, WomenMichele SimonJuly 9, 2024
Are You the Target of a Smear Campaign?
Are You the Target of a Smear Campaign?

Are you the target of a smear campaign at work? Learn how to identify the subtle signs of a covert smear campaign, understand its psychological impact, and develop strategies to protect your professional reputation.

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Workplace, WomenMichele SimonJune 11, 2024
Love Bombing and Knowledge Theft at Work
Love Bombing and Knowledge Theft at Work

Understand stages one and two of covert workplace abuse.

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Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonJune 5, 2024
10 Stages of Covert Workplace Abuse
10 Stages of Covert Workplace Abuse

Learn to identify the 10 stages of covert workplace abuse, from manipulation and gaslighting to smear campaigns. This guide helps you recognize the pattern of abuse and understand its psychological impact.

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Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonJune 3, 2024Comment
Ethan Brown Bashes Vegans at the Vegan Women Summit
Ethan Brown Bashes Vegans at the Vegan Women Summit

Inexplicably keynoting the recent Vegan Women Summit, Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown sounded like a wounded child.

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Grifters, WomenMichele SimonMay 16, 2024
Vegan Celebrity Chef Matthew Kenny Exposed as a Fraud
Vegan Celebrity Chef Matthew Kenny Exposed as a Fraud

Investigations reveal racism and wage theft, among other illegal activity

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Workplace, Money, GriftersMichele SimonMay 14, 2024
Is the Vegan Women Summit Violating Labor Laws?
Is the Vegan Women Summit Violating Labor Laws?

"Volunteers" at a for-profit event may be "employees" owed wages

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Grifters, Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonMay 7, 2024
Why is Ethan Brown Keynoting the Vegan Women Summit?
Why is Ethan Brown Keynoting the Vegan Women Summit?

Latest example of white men failing up

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Grifters, Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonMay 6, 2024
10 Questions for Vegan Women Summit
10 Questions for Vegan Women Summit

What speakers and attendees should be asking

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Grifters, Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonApril 18, 2024
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