Troubled organizations are shell shocked. They need help with nastiness in high places. We struggle to understand adult bullies, vicious liars and vindictive, hurtful leaders. Damaged heart surgeons ...

Toxic bosses or any type of person in a leadership position are like the flu we’ve probably, unluckily dealt with once or twice. Research has shown that more than 70% of employees have suffered ...

In business, we still tolerate what we would never accept in private life: leaders who poison the emotional climate, exhaust teams and quietly destroy value while being labeled “strong,” “complex” or ...

Toxic leaders often advance faster in some workplaces. This happens because company systems may reward aggressive, ...

The online recruitment company Monster recently conducted a survey of more than a thousand employees and found that 80% described their work environment as toxic. Before offering advice to leaders who ...

Kindness is often misunderstood in leadership. It’s seen as soft and, worse, optional—something nice to have once results are achieved. But in my two decades of working with leaders and teams, I’ve ...