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Toxic Workplace! Managing Toxic Personalities and Their Systems of Power

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ISBN-10: 0470424842

ISBN-13: 9780470424841

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mitchell Kusy, Elizabeth Holloway, Kusy

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Most of us as leaders have experienced the frustration and confusion of having an extremely difficult person to deal with in the workplacea person who debilitates individuals, teams, and even organizations.These difficult individuals have the capacity to completely undermine our sense of well-being. Why?Because in a variety of ways they get under our skin, infiltrate our professional and personal space, demoralize us, de-motivate the team, and ultimately affect our competence and productivity. They are toxic. Unfortunately, like bad neighbors, short of picking up and moving to new venues, it seems impossible to escape the deleterious effects of these toxic individualsand for some victims,…    
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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 4/29/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Dr. Mitchell Kusy has 25 years experience in leadership and organization development. He is a full professor in the Ph.D. program, Leadership & Change, Antioch University and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Internationally, he has consulted in more than 15 countries and recently received the international honor of being selected a Fulbright Scholar in international organization development. Previously, Mitch was a full professor in the master's and doctoral program in organization development at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, where he taught for 17 years. Before entering academia, Mitch worked in industry and directed the leadership…    

Understanding Toxic People and Toxic Environments
The Human and Financial Costs of Working with Toxic People: Toxic Behaviors Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Recognizing the Toxic Personality: It Isn't as Easy as You Think
Leader Reactions and Strategies That Typically Don't Work: Why Identify Strategies That Don't Work?
Organizational Culture: How Toxicity Spreads Like an Infection
The Toxic Organization Change System Model
Organizational Strategies: Dealing with Toxicity at the Highest System Level
Team Strategies: Dealing with Toxicity at the Team Level
Individual Strategies: Dealing with Toxic People One-on-One
Myths and Truths About Toxicity-and Renewal from a Toxic Environment: How to Move Beyond Toxicity
Our Research Methodology
National Survey Responses on Toxic Behaviors
Notes
The Authors
Index