Navigating a Toxic Workplace for Dummies - Paperback

by Catherine Mattice (Author)

This friendly, compassionate guide is the antidote to workplace toxicity

Toxic workplaces can be bad for your mental and physical health, and they're one of the leading causes of employee turnover. Navigating a Toxic Workplace For Dummies explores what causes work environments to turn sour, and what you--as an employee, manager or leader--can do about it. You'll learn why people engage in toxic behavior like bullying, harassment, exclusion, and disrespect at work. More importantly, you'll gain the tools and skills to counter that behavior with positivity. Every individual, at every level of an organization, can make a difference in detoxifying the workplace. Don't let the stress of your job environment weigh you down. Let this Dummies guide teach you to support yourself and the people around you.

• Discover the signs and symptoms of a toxic workplace
• Learn why people do toxic things, and how to protect yourself
• Get advice on reporting harassment and other behaviors to HR
• Understand how to make organizational change as a manager, HR or leader
• Lead your organization in a detoxification campaign

Navigating a Toxic Workplace For Dummies is a must for anyone who has dealt with or is currently dealing with a toxic situation at work, as well as managers and leaders committed to resolving toxic situations.

Back Jacket

Effective strategies to detoxify your workplace

Toxic workplaces are unhealthy and exhausting. They can degrade your mental health and even create physical problems due to stress. In this book, award-winning HR/organizational development strategist and author Catherine Mattice walks you through how employees, managers, and business leaders can take direct and immediate action to improve their workplaces. You'll learn specific skills to reduce disrespect, bullying, and harassment, and identify behaviors to protect your own well-being and turn around your toxic work environment.

Inside...

• Identify toxic workplace behaviors
• Explore the causes of toxic behavior
• Reduce your own stress
• Speak up when you witness toxicity
• Report and address harassment
• Help your colleagues
• Coach toxic leaders
• Lead a detox campaign

Author Biography

Catherine Mattice is the founder and CEO of Civility Partners, a consulting firm that has helped over 250 companies detoxify and create respectful and productive workplace cultures. Her 60+ online courses have reached over three million global learners, and she's a widely regarded keynote speaker on building civil company culture.