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Toxic Work Environment: Sorting Through What's Toxic
Maria and Michelle continue their examination of toxic work environments this week by looking at just what constitutes toxicity. It’s simply a fact of life that every workplace will experience some situations where employees won’t agree with their leaders or each other, but at what point does that situation reach the level of toxicity? In today’s episode, our experts not only offer a common definition of toxic work environments, but also delineate the steps you can follow to help you determine whether or not yours meets the criteria.
They begin by clearly defining the word ‘toxic’ as it applies to workplaces, and then walk through some enlightening steps that you can take, including self-reflection and trying to understand your boss’ situation, in order to determine the level of toxicity where you are employed. They go on to stress the importance of communication, review a resource that helps tremendously in this regard, offer some questions to ask yourself, and finish up with some valuable tips for all listeners. The use of the term ‘toxic workplace’ can easily be overused these days and, as a result, lose its true meaning along the way. Tune in today to learn from the REL Talent professionals precisely what it entails and how to analyze your own situation to see if it has truly reached this level.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
Quotes:
“There are some bigger problems that stem from the overuse of a phrase like ‘toxic’.”
“Your boss turning down your vacation doesn't necessarily make a situation toxic.”
“Micromanaging a high performer is always going to result in bad things for you and for the high performer.”
“Today, when I look back at that, I really think that I contributed to the frustration in that relationship as much as my boss did.”
“I would say step one is to start with some internalization and some reflection.”
“If I paused, I might have changed my behavior then.”
“A lot of those conversations…in the beginning, would be so much easier because you're setting the expectations up front.”
“To what extent do they negatively impact your ability to do your job effectively?”
“If you ignore the conversation completely, you give the two of you no chance to align so that you become more effective.”
“I think that's critical for individuals to stop and assess, because I think the emotions get in the way of trying to sort through what's transpiring.”
“The closer you get to them having a negative impact on your emotional well being, it's time to seriously consider walking away. You want to do that smartly. We can help you do that in a smart way. But if you want to maintain your emotional stability, it might be time to get away.”
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REL Talent: HR Consulting
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By Maria Rodriguez, Michelle Elder and Keith Leonard
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Maria and Michelle continue their examination of toxic work environments this week by looking at just what constitutes toxicity. It’s simply a fact of life that every workplace will experience some situations where employees won’t agree with their leaders or each other, but at what point does that situation reach the level of toxicity? In today’s episode, our experts not only offer a common definition of toxic work environments, but also delineate the steps you can follow to help you determine whether or not yours meets the criteria.
They begin by clearly defining the word ‘toxic’ as it applies to workplaces, and then walk through some enlightening steps that you can take, including self-reflection and trying to understand your boss’ situation, in order to determine the level of toxicity where you are employed. They go on to stress the importance of communication, review a resource that helps tremendously in this regard, offer some questions to ask yourself, and finish up with some valuable tips for all listeners. The use of the term ‘toxic workplace’ can easily be overused these days and, as a result, lose its true meaning along the way. Tune in today to learn from the REL Talent professionals precisely what it entails and how to analyze your own situation to see if it has truly reached this level.
The Finer Details of This Episode:
Quotes:
“There are some bigger problems that stem from the overuse of a phrase like ‘toxic’.”
“Your boss turning down your vacation doesn't necessarily make a situation toxic.”
“Micromanaging a high performer is always going to result in bad things for you and for the high performer.”
“Today, when I look back at that, I really think that I contributed to the frustration in that relationship as much as my boss did.”
“I would say step one is to start with some internalization and some reflection.”
“If I paused, I might have changed my behavior then.”
“A lot of those conversations…in the beginning, would be so much easier because you're setting the expectations up front.”
“To what extent do they negatively impact your ability to do your job effectively?”
“If you ignore the conversation completely, you give the two of you no chance to align so that you become more effective.”
“I think that's critical for individuals to stop and assess, because I think the emotions get in the way of trying to sort through what's transpiring.”
“The closer you get to them having a negative impact on your emotional well being, it's time to seriously consider walking away. You want to do that smartly. We can help you do that in a smart way. But if you want to maintain your emotional stability, it might be time to get away.”
Show Links:
REL Talent: HR Consulting
Email REL Talent
REL Talent on LinkedIn
First 90 Days