Category: Leadership
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
The Prevalence of Workplace Toxicity
Toxic workplaces are not rare, and the numbers show it. Post 3 in the workplace toxicity series looks at the scale of the problem, from national surveys to European data, and what it means for the hundreds of thousands of working people affected. Continue reading The Prevalence of Workplace Toxicity
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
Behind the Born Global Firm: What We Know About the CEOs Who Drive Rapid Internationalization
Born global firms move fast, take risks, and commit to foreign markets quickly. Behind many of them is a CEO whose personality researchers are only beginning to understand, and who is probably not the type you would aspire to. Our new article published in the Journal of International Management examines what drives this kind of boldness. We focus on “born globals,” companies that venture into … Continue reading Behind the Born Global Firm: What We Know About the CEOs Who Drive Rapid Internationalization