4 Supervisor Strategies for Dealing with Perpetually Negative Employees

Every workplace has that one negative employee who brings everybody down and burns out their supervisor. This post lays out strategies for supervisors to deal more effectively and helps make the case that they’re harming employees and the company. Read More

6 Difficult Employee Types: Which are most toxic?

For HR professionals, understanding the source of difficult employee behavior is key to finding the most effective intervention. This article describes tactics and relative toxicity of six difficult employee types: Gossip Clearinghouse Emotional… Read More

4 Potential Causes of Employee Poor Performance

There are many reasons why employees can’t or won’t perform up to supervisory expectations or even up to their own potential. There are clues that suggest the ultimate source of poor performance and it’s often not the employee. Take a look at the surroundings in which the employee is placed. Read More

What are Toxic Employees and Workplace Bullies are Costing You?

This topic is receiving increased attention today for a few reasons. First, 28 states in the US have reviewed or are reviewing legislation to make serious, targeted bullying a statutory crime (The Healthy Workplace Bill). Second,… Read More

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

All About Toxic Employees in the Workplace

What motivates Toxic employees? How do Toxic employees control others at work? Introduction If you run a business, you’ve likely encountered a “toxic employee.” As a company leader you hear complaints about or… Read More