Toxic and broken systems tend to intimidate workers at every level. How so?
If you work in a broken setting, you likely meet toxic intimidation daily in:
- People who bully and flaunt personal power to get their way.
- Leaders who diminish others to build and improve themselves.
- Barriers placed between workers and tools they need to grow.
- Communication cues that spread hopelessness rather than reward talent
- Abusive behaviors that keep people silent and in their place.
- Threats of position loss for any infraction spotted.
- Angry tone that manipulates to get its way.
- Bragging about personal accomplishments to show up others’ weakness.
- Flaunted wealth, degrees, or privilege - that exclude those who differ.
- Biased circles formed to please a few, while ignoring offerings of many.
- Disregarded voices other than those who agree or condescend.
Surprising new insights about the brain - point past workplace threats and common intimidators to showcase wonderful new peaks that many of your competitors only dream of reaching.
Have you seen it happen?
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