This was an interesting discussion about working in a toxic place and strategies for you to be effective even when your manager and / or coworkers not putting the fun in dysfunctional

1. Toxic Bosses
Strategies to stay positive within a toxic workplace presented by Job Strategist Rosa Smith-Montanaro

2. Toxic Bosses
 60-75% of managers are unfit for leadership according to Psychology Today
 50% of employees leave jobs because of bad management (2015 Gallup poll)
What does the toxic workplace look like?

3. Traits of a Toxic Boss
 Poor Communication
 Micromanager
 Changing Rules
 Unrealistic Expectations
 Incompetent
 Self-Centered

4. Poor Communication
 Ask clarifying questions
 Take excellent notes
 Follow up with email confirming next steps
 Complement what you appreciative about them

5. Micromanager
 Share notes from meetings
 Send updates
 Keep them informed
 Reassure them that you have everything under control

6. Changing Rules
 Take excellent notes
 Clarify agreements
 Ask for metrics or how measured
 Report progress and status

7. Unrealistic Expectations
 Show interest in reaching goals
 Establish a list of priorities
 Sub categories
 Offer options to ensure success

8. Incompetent
 Document your work and results
 Network well and establish strong relationships
 Don’t engage in a power struggle or negative talk

9. Self-Centered
 Find common interest
 Speak from the team benefit not self

10. Mindset Shifts from the Four Agreements
 Be impeccable with your word
 Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others
 Talk your walk
 Don’t take it personally
 Nothing others do is because of you
 What others say and do is a projection of their own dream
 Don’t make assumptions
 Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings and drama
With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life
 Do your best
 Your best changes from moment to moment
 Simply do your best under any circumstance to avoid self-judgment and regret

11. Next Steps
 What is within your control
 Learn from the experience
 Communicate on an ongoing basis
 Practice the Four Agreements
 Be part of the solution not the problem