Toxic workplace!
Subtitle: managing toxic personalities and their systems of power
By: Mitchell E. Kusy and Elizabeth L. Holloway.
Contributors: Holloway, Elizabeth.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780470424841
Subjects: Problem employees; Interpersonal conflict; Conflict management; Personnel management
Description: Toxic Workplace! describes how to identify and best work with toxic personalities. It also provides a systemic approach for creating a culture that is positive and respectful while improving the bottom line. Kusy and Holloway share how their national research translates into real-world practices in organizations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The human and financial costs of working with toxic people; title: Recognizing the toxic personality: it isn't as easy as you think; title: Leader reactions and strategies that typically don't work; title: Organizational culture: how toxicity spreads like an infection; title: Organizational strategies: dealing with toxicity at the highest system level; title: Team strategies: dealing with toxicity at the team level; title: Individual strategies: dealing with toxic people one-on-one; title: Myths and truths about toxicity and renewal from a toxic environment.