The causes of and cures for a toxic workplace — My Quest for the Best with Bill Ringle

Authored by Paul White

Featured title: Rising Above a Toxic Workplace

Paul White and Bill Ringle discuss the causes of and cures for a toxic workplace for small business leaders.

Look out for 3 key signals of a toxic workplace: 1) a sick system characterized by disorganization and chaos, lack of communication, lack of accountability, and poor decision-making processes, 2) toxic leaders, and 3) dysfunctional colleagues.
An initial sign of a dysfunctional workplace is that there are significant problems in communication.
A toxic work environment exudes negative communication across the organization and in multiple forms.

Paul tells about his target audience and inspiration for his new book, “Rising Above a Toxic Workplace.” [1:38]
What’s your observation on how a negative work environment occurs? [2:28]
An innocuous way to use indirect communication [04:28]
How to ask for feedback effectively [06:42]
Paul talks about workplace culture as an internal component in an organization [09:46]
Respond consciously rather than just responding emotionally [10:33]
Paul advises on how to better handle small-family owned businesses [12:21]
Face cynicism in the workplace [16:27]
Rules to help establish that level of fundamental trust and respect at work [18:05]
Paul shares strategies for more effective and accurate way to provide feedback [19:58]
The #1 skill related to “Rising Above a Toxic Workplace,” that listeners ought to invest time in learning [25:05]
Paul stresses a key aspect of surviving a toxic workplace [28:20]