Toxic Workplace! - Managing Toxic Personalities and Their Systems of Power

Elizabeth Holloway, Mitchell Kusy

Sinopsis

Most of us as leaders have experienced the frustration and  confusion of having an extremely difficult person to deal with in  the workplace?a person who debilitates individuals, teams, and even  organizations. These difficult individuals have the capacity  to completely undermine our sense of well-being. Why? Because  in a variety of ways they get under our skin, infiltrate our  professional and personal space, demoralize us, de-motivate the  team, and ultimately affect our competence and productivity.   They are ?toxic.? Unfortunately, like bad neighbors, short of  picking up and moving to new venues, it seems impossible to escape  the deleterious effects of these toxic individuals?and for some  victims, even once the toxic person is no longer there!   The topic of toxic personalities at work has been long on  history but quite sparse on research. Although there are numerous  books on the subject that attempt to guide leaders? thinking and  behaviors to preserve their own sanity, Toxic Workplace  will be the first to tackle the underlying systems  issues that enable the toxic person to create a path of  destruction in the organization, often for a very long time and at  the cost of losing talented people all throughout the  organization.   The author's research has revealed the warning signs that  indicate a serious behavioral problem before months or even years  of lost productivity has resulted.  Further, they  have identified how this toxicity spreads in systems with  long-term effects on organizational climate even after the person  has left. Their two-year national research study of  approximately 500 leaders provides very specific actions that  leaders need to take to reduce both the intensity and frequency of  toxic personalities at work.  No other book provides this menu  of options from a systems perspective with practical  relevance in real work situations.

Duración: alrededor de 6 horas (06:24:22)
Fecha de publicación: 20/07/2020; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2020. Copyright Statment: —

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