HR Pro – Protect Your Workplace from Toxic Employees

There’s a useful concept from the study of adolescent mental health in “risk factors” and “protective factors.” According to this theory, there are certain family and social characteristics that may exert influence both negative and positive on the outcome of an adolescent’s eventual success . . . Read More

HR Pros – All About Toxic Employees in the Workplace

Toxic employees can control a unit, a department or even an entire company division. Much depends on your observational skills to detect it and the standards your company applies to disrespectful behavior. Read more about how these dynamics can develop and thrive without some guard rails in place. Read More

When Companies are Forced to Deal with Toxic Employees

Toxic employees, especially those with strategic skills, are very difficult to dislodge.  They accumulate informal power; discredit those who speak up; favor those they can manipulate; and generally distract employees with intimidation and… Read More

Employees’ Toxic, Disgruntled and Criminal Behavior at Work

Introduction I am often engaged to help companies resolve the conduct of one employee who’s wreaking havoc in the workplace. After my book came out: Toxic Employees: great companies resolve this problem, you can… Read More

HR Pros – Toxic Employees: Resistance to Positive Change

Context This article covers the situation of a well-meaning company owner whose organization is harmed by the presence of one or more negatively motivated employees. The arguments offered here do not respond to the… Read More