11 Sep Toxic Leadership and the Impact on the Organisation and Employees
The incidence of toxic leadership and organisations is on the increase and if not addressed it will most definitely negatively impact the world of work, employees, organisational well-being as well as organisational performance, sustainability and outcomes. It is thus, important that we understand the nature, dynamics and evolution of toxic leadership and organisations, in a holistic and systemic way.[1] “Toxic Leadership is characterized by mistreatment of subordinates in a corporate structure, resulting in a destructive and harmful working environment”. The toxic leader will think “I am always right”, it is always about “I, me and myself”,” turning a blind eye” when work needs to be done, has “clique mentality” by having small inner circle of followers and often heard saying “I meant it then, but not anymore”.[2] Dr Paul Vorster from the Ethics Institute, South Africa defined the following characteristics of toxic leadership:[3] Toxic leaders intentionally make decisions that benefit them and harm their followers and organisations over the long-term.Toxic leaders prefer to coerce followers and be in...