Surviving Bully Culture

A Career Spent Navigating Workplace Bullying and a Guide for Healing

by Andrew Regal

“You don’t have to get beaten up to get beaten down.”

Andrew Regal spent decades working his way up in the high-stakes landscape of television news. He was often deflated, downtrodden, and defeated during his most acute workplace trauma, which left him anxiety riddled, alone, ashamed, sleepless, and contemplating suicide. Despite this, readers will find Regal funny, sympathetic, resilient, and relatable. He is uniquely qualified to aid those who, like him, have suffered while striving to be the best possible employees.

Victims of bullying are some of the most loyal, productive, and well-liked employees, and often, because of these qualities, they are more likely to be targeted. Until now, this issue has remained behind corner office doors, leaving targets alone, ashamed, despondent, and out of a job. Regal provides a sense of purpose—a belief that we can build a future where bullying is no longer tolerated in the office. Surviving Bully Culture will catalyze change, igniting a conversation that reverberates far beyond the pages of Regal’s book.

In this work, readers will learn from management thought leaders, psychiatrists, psychologists, and legal scholars about why bosses menace their employees and how to curb harm. Regal provides the latest research data, examining why, how often, and toward how many workplace aggression occurs.

This coming-of-age journey explores:

• The characters Regal met
• The bold-faced names he encountered
• The women he loved
• The captivating and celebrated news stories he covered
• The mean-spirited, uncaring bullies he survived
• And the abject failures he tried to overcome.  

Surviving Bully Culture emerges as a rallying cry for change. Regal unveils a path forward, challenging readers to embrace the transformative power of authenticity and self-compassion.