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The Loyal Losers: Enablers, Flying Monkeys, and How Toxic Leaders Stay in Power

This post is part of the series on toxicity in the workplace. Previous posts have named the behaviors that define toxic environments, examined the personality traits of toxic leaders, looked at how widespread the problem is, and the costs to people’s health. This post looks at the people who surround and feed the toxic leader. In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked … Continue reading The Loyal Losers: Enablers, Flying Monkeys, and How Toxic Leaders Stay in Power

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Podcast Episode: Toxic Workplaces and their Consequences

Episode 1 Series: Toxicity in the Workplace Welcome to the first episode of the Toxicity in the Workplace podcast series! This episode covers the first four posts in the series: the behaviors that define toxic work environments, the personality traits of the leaders who generate them, how widespread the problem is in Ireland and across Europe, and what working in these conditions costs people. Continue reading Podcast Episode: Toxic Workplaces and their Consequences

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The Human Cost: What Toxic Workplaces Do to People’s Health

Toxic workplaces do not just damage careers. The research shows they damage health, in ways that are measurable, serious, and often invisible until the harm is done. This post in the workplace toxicity series looks at the evidence . Continue reading The Human Cost: What Toxic Workplaces Do to People’s Health

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The Abusive Leader: Dark Triad Personality and Toxic Leadership

The second post in a series on workplace toxicity looks at the leaders most likely to generate abusive, manipulative, and undermining behavior. Drawing on research into dark triad personality traits and destructive leadership, it asks why these leaders are so hard to spot early, why organizations protect them, and what the evidence says about how they sustain their position over time. Continue reading The Abusive Leader: Dark Triad Personality and Toxic Leadership

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