Enough! Eradicate Bullying & Incivility in Healthcare, 2nd Edition – Book

A newly revised guide that equips healthcare leaders with the essential skills to stop bullying and incivility, set clear expectations, and build a culture of respect. This #1 Amazon best seller is packed with practical tools, scripts, and strategies, this book gives you everything you need to lead today’s workforce with confidence.

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Enough! Eradicate Bullying & Incivility in Healthcare – 2nd Edition

Bullying and incivility in healthcare happen because they can. But as a leader, you have the power to stop them.

When disruptive behaviors go unchecked, the damage is profound: high turnover, low morale, and, most concerning, compromised patient care. Too often, frontline leaders don’t know how to address employees who behave badly, especially when those employees are clinically competent. The default? Silence.
But silence is not a strategy.

That’s why Dr. Renee Thompson, internationally recognized expert in eradicating bullying and incivility, first wrote Enough! in 2019 —and why she has released a revised 2nd edition in 2025. Healthcare has changed, and this edition gives you the tools, strategies, and confidence you need to lead today’s workforce.

What’s inside the 2nd edition:

Everything you loved from the first edition
A brand-new chapter on crucial leadership skills for today’s workforce
An expanded resource vault filled with group learning tools, scripts, tips, and practical strategies you can implement immediately

Here’s what you’ll learn:

How to identify and address behaviors that undermine a healthy workforce culture
How to set clear behavioral expectations and hold staff accountable
Proven techniques to confront disruptive behaviors with confidence and clarity
Action steps to hardwire respect, professionalism, and civility into your department
Four powerful initiatives to stop common bullying and incivility patterns in healthcare

As a leader, you can’t afford to ignore the cost of disruptive behaviors—not just to your team, but to your patients and your organization’s success. The good news is, you don’t have to.

This book equips you with the skills and resources to stop bullying and incivility in their tracks and build a culture where respect and professionalism are the norm.

"'Enough!' is an invaluable resource for anyone in healthcare. As a resilience coach for nursing students, I found the tips on environmental awareness and the 'Name it, Speak it, and Script it' approach particularly useful. These tools are now a staple in my training sessions for both new and current nurses. The book's advice on cultivating kindness, especially stating during the interview process that 'Kindness isn’t optional; it’s a requirement,' has been transformative for our team. This book provides powerful, easy-to-use tools that create a culture change of compassion for the healthcare team. Highly recommended for those looking to create a positive impact in their work environment."

“Your resources have already been invaluable to me and my team. I stumbled on to your book "Enough” last year and it was the first book that I actually highlighted almost every page. I bought copies for my manager and our leadership team. I am hoping we can all start speaking the same encouraging language.”

"I would recommend this book to anyone with a team experiencing bullying in the workplace. It is a fast read with instantaneous actionable items that are easily incorporated into the management of teams. Helping others recognize their negative behaviors in a constructive and helpful way is key to growing your team."

“What I appreciate about Renee’s hard-hitting approach in “Enough” is how it takes very real stories (including her own) and applies clear strategies leaders can use to deal with these situations that have cost far too many lives and taken far too great a toll on nurses. I cannot think of a better resource for any healthcare entity suffering from workplace toxicity than Renee Thompson. Read her books and articles, subscribe to her blog, reach out to her for specific help. You will be glad you did!”

"Your book, Enough! Eradicate Bullying & Incivility in Healthcare: Strategies for Front Line Leaders made a big difference in my practice! It looks a little worn and very well loved. It has dog-eared pages, lots of underlining, and highlights; with lots of notes written throughout! Your practical strategies were just what I need to start addressing disruptive behaviors in my department."

"Dr. Renee Thompson uses her knowledge and wisdom of nurse bullying and combines that with lived experiences and a comprehensive understanding of the literature, to find simple solutions to this difficult problem! I love how Renee gave us practical tips that any nurse leader can use today. I was so grateful that she even supplied an exhaustive array of resources that are available in her “vault”. I was especially impressed with the scripting examples for having difficult conversations with nurses; how I wish I would have had this book when I was a nurse manager! Renee’s real-life stories added a personal and humorous touch to this text that made reading and absorbing the wisdom in this book so easy. I would highly recommend that this book be read by any nurse leader regardless of their role or years of experience. Once again Renee and her team really hit the mark with this excellent book.”

"As a house supervisor, my only resource for dealing with incivility and bullying was Dr. Thompson's book 'Enough! Eradicating Bullying and Incivility in Healthcare.' If I had not read Dr. Thompson’s book, I would not have had any resources to successfully handle a very difficult situation.”

"This book not only explained the problems that we have been facing but gave our leadership team scripting to use when having difficult conversations. It has also given us talking points that we have used to empower our staff to address the problems head on."

"We are reading 'Enough' in the supervisor group as leadership development. We asked them to read the first 4 chapters and when I asked them what they thought of Renee's book, they said, 'This is Us'. They said the examples were so real they could picture faces of our staff! I really appreciate Renee's point of view and passion for this work as I share it as well."

"I am a clinical nurse educator for surgical services in a busy Level II Trauma center and also a member of our Professional Governance council. This issue is permeating through so many of our departments. I really appreciated the practical advice that Renee gives in this book to tackle this overwhelming issue plaguing our system. Thank you!!"