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Detoxing Your Workplace Culture
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Toxic workplace culture: this is what you can do about it, and why you want to.
Let us take you from the experience of it (check our previous episode) to the big picture.
Over the past 10 years, workplace culture has generally become more toxic. Research* has specified the main markers of toxic workplace culture:
- Non-inclusive
- Unethical behaviour, lack of integrity
- Disrespectful
- Abusive management
- Cut-throat, ruthless
Moreover, your body will tell you. It knows way more than you think. The kind of chronic stress that toxic workplace culture causes isn’t something you just step over.
Its sometimes difficult to differentiate between interacting spheres, to clarify what is
- the me of it (you),
- the we of it (your team members) and
- the us of it (the organisation and wider system).
That top-5 list can help your brain catch up and notice, to spot how toxic behaviour shows up. Then, finding the courage to name it is what you can do: “I notice this happened and I have some concerns.”
Know that it is ok to say ‘this is not ok’. You don’t need to win the agreement of others. You can share your experience and name what it is that you want changed.
Know that it’s a good idea to process what you experienced, because you may be carrying it forward into new work situations.
Know that leaving is a really valid option.
And also know that you can make intentional choices about the impact that you have, notice and name what you – and your team – need to thrive, rather than survive.
You don’t always have full control over workplace toxicity, but you can certainly have an impact.
* Referenced:
“Toxic Culture Is Driving the Great Resignation” - Donald Sull & Charlie Sull – MIT Sloane Management Review https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/toxic-culture-is-driving-the-great-resignation/
Brene Brown’s Dare to Lead Podcast: How Toxic Work Cultures Are Driving the Great Resignation,
with Dr. Donald Sull & Charlie Sull
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/how-toxic-work-cultures-are-driving-the-great-resignation/
More about us:
Lisa Dempsey – https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakdempsey/ - https://www.leadershiplabs.eu
Marjolijn Vlug – https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjolijnvlug/ - https://www.marjolijnvlug.nl/?lang=en
Reach us both at PeopleImpactPodcast@gmail.com
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