Toxic Leadership: Tales of Transformation

The world of business is changing. As a leader, what legacy are you leaving behind? Today’s guest is speaker, author, and coach Steven Morris. Stephen is the President of Matter Consulting, helping create evolved brands and beautiful businesses. In this episode, he joins Dr. Kevin Sansberry to share insights from his latest book, The Beautiful Business: An Actionable Manifesto to Create an Unignorable Business with Love at the Core. He defines how it is to build a team and culture with love at its core. Steven prescribes leaders with valuable advice on how to be better with self-awareness and a “philia” and “agape” love. Listen in for interesting takes on leadership and putting humanity forward in the workplace.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

Having a mindset of gratitude not only improves your quality of life but also helps you deal with toxic leaders. How? Today’s guest is here to tell you. Dr. Margaret Gary is a business leader, entrepreneur, professor, and author, among many things. In this episode, Margaret enlightens with insights from her book Surviving Toxic Leadership With Gratefulness. She joins Dr. Kevin Sansberry to discuss how to contextualize toxic leadership and view it with the lens of gratefulness. Listen in for an interesting take on dealing with an age-old problem in the workplace.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

A toxic workplace can cause serious damage to a person's desire and drive to work. Thankfully, there are ways to push back against toxicity and heal from these invisible wounds left by a less than ideal work environment. Dr. Kevin Sansberry and podcast host and coach Elizabeth Perry discuss how to begin the healing process after leaving a toxic workplace. We hear Elizabeth's own experiences and how she started her healing. We also get insights on setting boundaries and stopping workplace toxicity. Learn more by tuning in, and begin your own journey towards safe workplaces.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

People strive for perfection to the point of toxic productivity. The only problem is that perfection is impossible. How can you strike a balance between being productive and wanting to achieve great results? Dr. Kevin Sansberry talks to Judy Dang. Judy is the founder of Avid At Work, and she helps people transform their ideas into realities. In this episode, Judy discusses productivity and perfectionism. Learn how to spot those warning signs for toxic productivity and how perfectionism works. Also, learn how she coaches people to work on their priorities. Don't miss out!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

Hustle Culture is something many in the workforce struggle with and can lead to a toxic workplace. Women of color are greatly impacted, causing negative effects in their lives. Melissa Punambolam challenges the paradigm of hustle culture in this episode as she sits down with Dr. Kevin Sansberry. Melissa is a coach and mentor, and in this episode, she discusses counteracting hustle culture, dealing with toxicity, and the need for self-care. Tune in for an insightful discussion on workplace culture, leadership, and the hustle culture that plagues workplaces around the world.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

It’s often hard to recognize when your organization needs an overhaul. However, culture change is often needed to better the organization and prevent toxicity from stewing. Today’s guest is Pete Havel, a leading speaker, trainer, and consultant on workplace culture, leadership, and office politics. Recognized as an authority on toxic workplaces with his latest book, The Arsonist in the Office: Fireproofing Your Life Against Toxic Coworkers, Bosses, Employees, and Culture, Pete braved potential backlash to offer insight on how you can deal with toxic people in the workplace. With recent events such as the untimely death of George Floyd, more eyes are looking into the culture surrounding police departments. Join in as Dr. Kevin Sansberry and Pete discuss potential solutions and blind spots not only for the department but employees as well. The Toxic Leadership PodcastInstagram: @ToxicLeadershipPodcastTwitter: @ToxicLeaderShow Dr. Kevin Sansberry II is a behavioral scientist and executive coach with expertise in toxic leadership, human capital strategy, and creating inclusive cultures of belonging to enhance organization performance. Over the years, Kevin has focused on providing research-informed solutions in various settings such as higher education, nonprofit, sales, and corporate environments. Follow KEVRA: The Culture Company on Linkedin to keep up with your favorite behavioral scientist, Dr. Sansberry. KEVRA: The Culture Company is specifically designed and optimized for leaders who are experiencing turnover, low employee morale, and seek to move the needle further with their initiatives. Our organizational culture and inclusion strategies are a leading consulting service that helps you gain increased retention, increased productivity, and a reputation as an inclusive organization, and unlike competitors, our services are underpinned with unique research and experience in the field of toxic organizational culture and how to create inclusive environments that stick. Have a question for Dr. Sansberry? Visit askdrkev.com to send your leadership and organizational-related questions. https://linktr.ee/ToxicLeadershipPodcastLove the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

The topic of psychological fitness and wellbeing is something we need to go back to regularly. Unfortunately, despite the stigma regarding mental health steadily being shattered, burnout and chronic stress rates among workers are still at an all-time high. In this episode, joining Dr. Kevin Sansberry is Dr. Karen Doll, licensed psychologist, consultant, coach, and advisor on mental health in the workplace. She shares with us insights from her book, Building Psychological Fitness: How High Performers Achieve with Ease, and gives helpful advice to those experiencing burnout and the companies and organizations enforcing them as well. Tune in for an insightful discussion on how to handle stress in the workplace and prevent the burnout that manifests into toxic behaviors.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

Everyone struggles with insecurity, even those in positions of leadership. When that insecurity manifests in your actions as a leader, its impact snowballs throughout your team and your organization. Joining Dr. Kevin Sansberry in this episode is Melanie Pump, CFO at Brane and author of Detox: Managing Insecurity in the Workplace. She shares insights from her book and breaks down how insecurity can manifest through toxic behaviors in the workplace. Melanie also expounds on how to deal with toxic leaders and empower your self-worth as an employee. Listen to this discussion and get important insights on becoming a better leader, dealing with insecure leaders, and improving workplace culture.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review & share! https://thetoxicleadershippodcast.com/

This podcast is all about how leaders, organizations, and companies can improve their leadership and practices that lead to organizational success. As an Executive Coach, Dr. Kevin Sansberry has coached and mentored individuals, teams and organizations for over a decade and brings his wealth of experience and research focused on toxic leadership, coping and organizational culture. The Toxic Leadership podcast shares with listeners practical resources so that they too can begin to detoxify themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Lastly, we interview key leaders and experts as they share their insights regarding how to detoxify organizations — to improve retention, increase productivity and bottom line profitability.The value of staying true to yourself can often get blurred when you’re positioned to need funding from others. As a woman of color and leader navigating through the world of fundraising, this becomes a dilemma for Tahisha Victor. Tahisha is the Executive Director for the San Francisco 49ers Academy, a nonprofit organization helping students achieve personal and academic success and fulfill their untapped potentials. She joins host Dr. Kevin Sansberry to share how she faces these internal battles and external pressures. Tune in for an insightful discussion on equity, leadership, and tokenism in the world of nonprofits.The Toxic Leadership PodcastInstagram: @ToxicLeadershipPodcastTwitter: @ToxicLeaderShowDr. Kevin Sansberry II is a behavioral scientist and executive coach with expertise in toxic leadership, human capital strategy, and creating inclusive cultures of belonging to enhance organization performance. Over the years, Kevin has focused on providing research-informed solutions in various settings such as higher education, nonprofit, sales, and corporate environments.Follow KEVRA: The Culture Company on Linkedin to keep up with your favorite behavioral scientist, Dr. Sansberry.KEVRA: The Culture Company is specifically designed and optimized for leaders who are experiencing turnover, low employee morale, and seek to move the needle further with their initiatives. Our organizational culture and inclusion strategies are a leading consulting service that helps you gain increased retention, increased productivity, and a reputation as an inclusive organization, and unlike competitors, our services are underpinned with unique research and experience in the field of toxic organizational culture and how to create inclusive environments that stick.Have a question for Dr. Sansberry? Visit askdrkev.com to send your leadership and organizational-related questions.https://linktr.ee/ToxicLeadershipPodcast

No matter how you put it, leadership ego is a real adversity every leader has to deal with. Constantly pursuing growth and success can be overwhelming and addictive at times, and it falls upon you to keep this silent enemy in check. Aila Malik, Founder of Venture Leadership Consulting, sits down with Dr. Kevin Sansberry II to talk about proper leadership ego management that leads to healthier organizational cultures. She discusses the red flags and early signs you need to watch out for before it escalates into a toxic and unfair work environment. Aila also explains the proper way to help other leaders grow without robbing them of the right to lead themselves.The Toxic Leadership PodcastInstagram: @ToxicLeadershipPodcastTwitter: @ToxicLeaderShowDr. Kevin Sansberry II is a behavioral scientist and executive coach with expertise in toxic leadership, human capital strategy, and creating inclusive cultures of belonging to enhance organization performance. Over the years, Kevin has focused on providing research-informed solutions in various settings such as higher education, nonprofit, sales, and corporate environments.Follow KEVRA: The Culture Company on Linkedin to keep up with your favorite behavioral scientist, Dr. Sansberry.KEVRA: The Culture Company is specifically designed and optimized for leaders who are experiencing turnover, low employee morale, and seek to move the needle further with their initiatives. Our organizational culture and inclusion strategies are a leading consulting service that helps you gain increased retention, increased productivity, and a reputation as an inclusive organization, and unlike competitors, our services are underpinned with unique research and experience in the field of toxic organizational culture and how to create inclusive environments that stick.Have a question for Dr. Sansberry? Visit askdrkev.com to send your leadership and organizational-related questions.https://linktr.ee/ToxicLeadershipPodcast