Toxic

Toxic Leadership Even though I believe that the Army produces many proven leaders, we still have a problem with toxic leadership. Toxic leaders affect all organizations throughout the civilian sector and the military is no exception (Daniel Zwerdling 2014). In this paper I will discuss my experiences with a toxic leader and how it affected our organization. Our story is just one instance illustrating why I believe that toxic leadership is one of the most prominent issues affecting the military…

The impact of toxic leadership on an organization is greater than anyone can possibly quantify with numbers. Over the past 26 years of military service, I have witnessed and seen more than my fair share of toxic leadership that have forced soldiers with potential out. There were times when I was able to impact this style of lazy leadership as I call it. However, most times due to rank being involved there was only minimal I could do. The worst case of toxic leadership I was aware of from afar…

of Management at Northwestern stated “the term “toxic” is meant to convey both a person’s ability to cause harm and their propensity to infect others with their bad attitude” (Pazzanese, 2015). Many people may be able to relate to such a term because at some point throughout an individual career, they have most likely encountered a toxic employee in their work place. Toxic employees have a damaging effect on coworkers and an organization. “Toxic employees make their teammates 54 percent more…

Retired U.S. Army, Colonel George E. Reed’s article about toxic leadership was a good read and it was helpful in reinforcing my base knowledge about toxic leadership. From a civilians perspective of looking from outside into the organization, it looks like dealing with an unpleasant supervisor that you easily get of your back by talking to your manager. But address toxic leadership within the army is a different situation altogether. Second level up leadership (captains, majors, and up) could…

The article, “Toxic Leadership: What Are We Talking About?” brings attention to the characteristics and the climate that breeds a toxic leader. We as a unit do create an environment that allows these leaders to thrive. We have leaders that are not qualified to lead, but are placed in leadership positions. We have Team Sergeants that have met the requirements to be selected for that position, but may not meet standards that we hold dear to us a Regiment. When this happens, resentment and…

S. military defines leadership, toxic leadership, and what Army doctrine reference publication (ADRP) 6-22 is and the difference compared to Army doctrine reference publication (ADP) 6-22. As defined in ADP 6-22, Leadership is the process of influencing others to accomplish a mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation. Without…

I recently attended Byron Hurt’s talk “Locker Room Talk of Toxic Masculinity”. In his talk, he spoke about the reasons toxic masculinity is being formed, and the outcomes of it. He tied in many interesting facts, and connected them to current events. One major point Hurt made was stating that we need to drastically change the way boys are raised. As boys are growing up, they are provided poor examples of what it means to be a male. Most of what is learned about being a man comes from TV, music…

Spotting a toxic person and dealing with them You know, how sometimes we just can’t remember the right word that describes something? We wrack our brains for it and come up with a bunch of similar meaning ones in the process. I tried long and hard to find the word that described a person in my life, and came up with ‘draining’, ‘parasitic’, and a couple of others. Only recently did I finally realize that the adjective I was looking for was ‘toxic’. Just like it is necessary to remove toxins…

Toxic Culture of Education Kill Creativity Education system had always been ambiguous throughout histories from centuries until now. People from generation to generation gone through a never ending debate, about the best education system to implement younger generation. However, as time passes on; the demand of education in society has increased significantly although government has not prepared the suitable and proper education yet. This situation give a chance for companies and industries to…

Leaders who exhibit toxic behavior are the cause of employee burnout, emotional exhaustion, turnover intention, which negatively affect organizational citizenship behavior, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness. Toxic leadership is associated with many negative consequences to the long-term health and welfare of employees in organizations. This qualitative study will examine whether toxic leadership practices exists in nonprofit organizations. If present, the study will explore…