Dressed for Success, Targeted for Destruction

By Maria Piccolino

What happens when your dream job becomes a nightmare-and no one believes you?

In Dressed for Success, Targeted for Destruction, the author pulls back the curtain on the polished world of corporate culture to expose its darkest secret: bullying disguised as leadership.

At her first professional job, she showed up eager, capable, and full of promise-only to be gaslit, micromanaged, and emotionally dismantled by a powerful manager in a culture that rewarded silence and punished truth. This is her raw, honest account of how psychological abuse in the workplace doesn't always come with yelling or slurs-sometimes, it comes with smiles, scheduled "check-ins," and emails labeled "just following up."

Told with clarity, courage, and compassion, this book is part memoir, part survival guide-and a wake-up call for anyone who has ever questioned their worth in a toxic workplace.
In this book, you'll discover:

How corporate bullies manipulate, isolate, and sabotage

Why HR often protects abusers-not victims

What psychological harm from work really looks like

How to know when it's time to leave

What healing after workplace trauma actually takes

Perfect for readers of:

Brave, Not Perfect - The Gaslight Effect - The Gift of Fear - Radical Candor

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FK2ZBMNQ
• ISBN13: 9798294176181
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.1" x 8.0"