{"product_id":"toxic-workplace-managing-toxic-personalities-and-their-systems-of-power-hardcover","title":"Toxic Workplace!: Managing Toxic Personalities and Their Systems of Power - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell Kusy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Holloway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The day this person left our company is considered an annual holiday!\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHIS QUOTE, taken from Kusy and Holloway's research on toxic personalities, echoes the frustration and confusion that come from working with or managing an extremely difficult person. Just one toxic person has the capacity to debilitate individuals, teams, and even organizations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eToxic Workplace!\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to tackle the underlying systems issues that enable a toxic person to create a path of destruction in an organization, pervading others' thoughts and energies, even undermining their very sense of well-being. Based on all-new research with over 400 leaders, many from the Fortune 500 list, this book illustrates how to manage existing toxic behaviors, create norms that prevent the growth or regrowth of toxic environments, and ultimately design organizational communities of respectful engagement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKusy and Holloway's research reveals the warning signs that indicate a serious behavioral problem and identifies how this toxicity spreads in systems with long-term effects on organizational climate, even after the person has left. Their two-year, cutting-edge research study provides very specific actions that leaders need to take to reduce both the intensity and frequency of toxic personalities at work. No other book provides this menu of options from a \u003ci\u003esystems perspective\u003c\/i\u003e with practical relevance in real work situations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll learn how to identify the toxic personality and describe the leader reactions and approaches that typically \u003ci\u003edon't\u003c\/i\u003e work. \u003ci\u003eToxic Workplace!\u003c\/i\u003e provides hands-on approaches that work with research-based strategies at the individual, team, and organizational level.\u003ci\u003eToxic Workplace!\u003c\/i\u003e will provide new insights on how leaders lead, how organizational cultures sustain themselves, and how teams deal with toxic personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell Kusy, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant and full professor in the graduate program in Leadership and Change at Antioch University. A 2005 Fulbright Scholar in international organization development, Dr. Kusy consults globally in strategic planning, leadership development, 360-degree feedback, organization development, and designing organizational communities of respectful engagement. He is a visiting professor at several universities internationally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Elizabeth Holloway, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is a consultant and full professor in the graduate program in Leadership and Change at Antioch University. A Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology and Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Holloway has had more than 25 years' experience as a practitioner, educator, and consultant with organizations, groups, and mental health clients. She consults globally on system approaches to mentoring, coaching, and creating organizational communities of respectful engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756064375072,"sku":"9780470424841","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/af7fe43f996dfe884617ed2a33464e74.webp?v=1780073356","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/toxic-workplace-managing-toxic-personalities-and-their-systems-of-power-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}