If you’ve worked any time at all, then you’ve worked in some place that was unhealthy. Maybe it was full of gossip and backstabbing. Or perhaps there was one disgruntled employee who just made the whole place miserable. Or perhaps you or one of your colleagues was bullied. Toxic workplaces take an emotional toll. They’re exhausting. Draining. Demoralizing.

What can we do as leaders to create a healthy workplace culture right from the very start? How do we turn around one that’s developed some sort of trouble spot? And how do we contribute to a healthier and happier workplace through our own attitude and resiliency? In “The Heart of a Healthy Workplace,” speaker, author, and workplace culture consultant Shola Richards talks to us about creating a healthy workplace environment.

Topics in this episode:

• Toxic workplaces (1:25)
• Leadership: Sink or swim (7:50)
• Return to the office post-pandemic (10:23)
• The strongest teams (16:08)
• Crucial Conversations (22:34)
• Tough love self-care (32:25)
• The next normal (39:42)
• Inclusion and belonging (41:52)
• Learn more about NCA and CACs (45:06)

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Shola Richards is the founder and CEO of GoTogether Global and a keynote speaker, coach, and consultant. He is the best-selling author of Go Together: How the Concept of Ubuntu Will Change How You Live, Work and Lead and of Making Work Work: The Positivity Solution for Any Work Environment.

In June 2021, he was  featured as the closing keynote speaker at our annual Leadership Conference for the Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) movement.

Crucial Conversations and Crucial Accountability are from VitalSmarts

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