Dealing with Toxic Employees

Dealing with Toxic Employees

🔥NEW In modern society and organizations, very negative, destructive, "toxic" team members may damage an entire organization or a team.
Typical examples of toxic behaviors are:

• Backstabbing, criticizing and blaming.
• Gossiping and spreading rumors.
• Agreeing in meetings, but not following through afterwards.
• Hoarding information (keeping it to themselves).
• Purposely undermining others (the leader).
• Caring only about personal agendas.

Curnow-Chavez gives the following 4 recommendations when you're faced with a toxic employee:

1. Have an honest conversation with the toxic person.
2. Raise your own game and keep your ego in check. Be a role model and don't degrade yourself to the other person's level.
3. Talk with your superior.
4. Take care of yourself.

Source: Abby Curnow-Chavez, "4 Ways to Deal with a Toxic Coworker", HBR Fall 2018, pp. 18-19

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		1 Mataiti Bwebwe Project Manager, Kiribati
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