Toxic Cultures at Work: The Eight Drivers of a Toxic Culture and a Process for Change

ISBN-13: 9781032309361 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

James Cannon

Opis

Taking a holistic approach, this book gives a succinct summary of how toxic cultures develop and shows how they can be remedied with practical takeaways for organisations. James Cannon presents an all-in-one resource based in organisational and individual psychology research that offers actionable suggestions for needed change.

Spis treści

Introduction Part A: Culture 1. What is a toxic culture? 2. Organisational diagnosis Part B: Leadership – power, personality, and values 3. The toxic effect of power imbalance 4. Leadership: the dark triad - personality and the toxic individual 5. Values Part C: Organisation 6. Organisational design: the toxic impact of structure and process 7. The informal organisation 8. Relations with the external environment Part D: The individual 9. Motivation and communication 10. Reward Part E: Solutions 11. Fixing toxic cultures: a strategy for change

O autorze

James Cannon, PhD, specialises in organisation design and development, and has consulted with organisations around the world. He has run an extensive range of training courses for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in the UK and has served as a visiting lecturer at Geneva University. He has been a fellow of the CIPD and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and a Manpower Society prize-winner, as well as honoured by the UK government for his work in leadership development. He served at director level in human resources, information technology, and organisation development, and has been an independent consultant for over 30 years.