The Red Phone: When Your Biggest Success Becomes Your Biggest Threat

What happens when you're a high performer, a respected executive and at the top of your game — but your workplace is slowly destroying you?

Andy Regal knows.

A veteran media executive who worked at CNBC, MSNBC, Court TV and The Wall Street Journal, Andy spent decades inside some of the world's most high-pressure newsrooms.

He was successful. He was promoted. He led teams. He created programmes that made millions.

And he was bullied.

Not always loudly. Not always obviously. Sometimes it was the red phone that made his heart race. Sometimes it was humiliation. Sometimes it was being ostracised. Sometimes it was gaslighting that left him questioning his own competence.

And sometimes the most damaging part was the shame.

The shame that makes you think: What did I do wrong?

In this powerful episode of The FEMCAST podcast, Andy joins us to talk about Surviving Bully Culture, what workplace bullying does to the brain and body, why high performers can become targets, and why the shame belongs with the perpetrator — not the person being harmed.

We talk ....

🚩Gaslighting

🚩Mobbing

🚩Psychological safety

🚩The “brilliant jerk”

🚩Bystanders becoming enablers.

🚩... and what businesses could actually do to change the culture.

Because a workplace should never cost you your dignity, your health or your sense of who you are.

This isn't just a conversation about bullying. It's a conversation about power, culture and what happens when we finally stop normalising abuse at work.

🎙️ Listen to the full episode of The FEMCAST.

And if you've ever thought, “Maybe it's me…” — this conversation is for you.

You can get Andy's book here 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehdgNN2q💡 Listen now and learn how to spot the signs, protect yourself, and become part of the movement for change.

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