It’s hard not to notice when a toxic coworker comes barreling through the office door. However, that’s the least frequent part of a workplace dynamic. Bad boss behavior is much more common than you ...

We all know that toxic workplaces cause harm. Burnout, exhaustion, mental health issues, physical health issues and, eventually, people leave the company in droves. Hiring/onboarding costs rise, and ...

Mita Mallick knows bad bosses. Through her previous roles in marketing and HR, Mallick experienced a wide range of toxic boss behavior, not limited to yelling, micromanaging, gossiping, taking credit ...

Horrible bosses − the ones who lose their temper, shout at subordinates and berate their work − are bad for everyone. A team of researchers decided to find out why. Here’s what they found: Many toxic ...

A toxic job should be avoided at all costs because the longer you are stuck in a stressful, backstabbing orexploitativework culture, the harder it is to escape it. “Once you start working for a toxic ...

Cases of antisocial, deviant, or even criminal behavior at work have been hitting the headlines. Just to mention some example, there was the case of a man in the UK who repeatedly sprayed company’s ...

Toxic workplaces are, sadly, all too common. I should know — I’ve been in three in the last decade. I realize that in our culture, there is a temptation to call everything toxic, diminishing the ...

Maybe you recently inherited a new CEO or other type of leader (religious, political, coach, etc), who has the reputation for being a bad boss or bully. You worry that there is nothing you can do to ...

The second article in this two-part series looks at how employees can best handle a toxic boss, and how employers can and should intervene if they spot trouble. Sadly, most people have worked under a ...