It Takes Two To Tangle: Unraveling toxic relationships
Insight from years of research and building my upcoming leadership book page by page. Join in!
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How to deal with a toxic man baby colleague? I joined my company nearly 2 years ago as the first General Counsel. There was a legal department for a niche part of the business and it was run by a lawyer who has some "personality" challenges that he has been able to chalk up to…
I left what I considered to be an extremely toxic job about 2.5 months ago. It would be a long post to get into the entire story. I was put into a senior leadership position without sufficient support, and then a constant shift of priorities and responsibilities to the point…
Yes it takes two to tangle, but it really seems that there are very few incredibly fair or competent bosses. In my long career, I have only had one. The rest were only adequate at best. But never supportive over their own interests. Not in 40 years has that one stellar boss been…
How many of you have an employee who you think is toxic? One of the challenges as a leader is the "What should I believe?" factor. What have you done to distinguish between 'truth' and 'set-up' at work?
Researching this and unsure if I should add it to our book. I would love your thoughts!
Twenty years ago, I was a senior leader at a Fortune 100 company. My success hadn’t meant everything came easy. I worked hard, drove great results, built a strong team, and had to manage many of my own demons. I was no different than any other successful leader. My biggest…
About this group
As a consultant for over 10 years and having led pretty large (3,000+ large) teams for over 20 years, I've learned a thing or two about toxic relationships at work.
(Sadly, I've learned that I can even be the problem sometimes!)
I hope this page serves as a place to support you all while I continue forward piecing my latest work together page by page. I hope that we can share stories and solutions to make your relationships at work (and outside of work) easier.
Most importantly, I hope that together we can shatter any toxicity in your world that is holding you back in any aspect of career or life!
Group rules
Be kind and courteous, no hate speech.