{"product_id":"9783111201108","title":"Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses : Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track (2024. XXVIII, 164 S. 2 col. ill., 0 b\/w tbl. 240 mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted in the International Business Book category at the Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist in the Leadership - HR and Employee Development category of the Goody Business Book Awards 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToxic work culture is driving away 1 in 5 employees at an annual cost of US $44.6 billion to American organizations. Yet ironically, toxic leaders often achieve stellar financial profits, continue to get promoted and remain in their leadership roles. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses - Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track,\u003c\/em\u003e employment law attorney Teresa A. Daniel JD, PhD, draws upon numerous studies and interviews to show the real, devastating impact of toxic workplace culture and why leaders must care. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book discusses what signs to look out for in a toxic workplace, factors that promote toxic behavior, types of leaders and how they impact their organization, the role of HR in managing employee wellbeing, and what to look out for in exceptional leaders. With evidence-based strategies for building stronger workplace culture, including tools to help organizations develop better leaders and managers, it makes a compelling case for eradicating toxic leaders as a priority. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses\u003c\/em\u003e is for organizational leaders, mid-level managers, supervisors, HR practitioners and anyone else invested in implementing new, tried and tested ideas to improve their organization's culture to create and sustain its optimum success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dr. Teresa A. Daniel serves as Dean and Professor-Human Resource Leadership Programs at Sullivan University based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e She has a significant body of research in human resource management (HR) with an emphasis on two primary areas of inquiry: counterproductive work behaviors (focused on workplace bullying, sexual harassment, and toxic leadership), and HR's unique role and its impact on organizational effectiveness (primarily in the management of toxic workplace emotions, responding to situations of workplace bullying and harassment, dealing with toxic leaders, building positive work cultures, and the management of people during mergers and acquisitions). She provides consulting services focused on these topics at InterConnections LLC. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Dr. Daniel's research has been actively supported by the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) through the publication of numerous articles, interviews, and books. Her newest work is \u003cem\u003eOrganizational Toxin Handlers: The Critical Role of HR, OD, and Coaching Practitioners in Managing Toxic Workplace Situations\u003c\/em\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). She is also the co-author of two books with Dr. Gary Metcalf titled \u003cem\u003eStop Bullying at Work: Strategies and Tools for HR, Legal \u0026amp; Risk Management Professionals\u003c\/em\u003e (SHRM, 2016) and \u003cem\u003eThe Management of People in Mergers \u0026amp; Acquisitions\u003c\/em\u003e (Quorum Books, 2001). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e She was honored as an Initial Fellow of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Academy on Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Abuse\u003c\/em\u003e in 2014 and received the \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Alumnus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAward\u003c\/em\u003e at Centre College in 2002. Most recently, she was the 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the national \u003cem\u003eSHRM HR Haiku\u003c\/em\u003e contest. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on years of research and experience in the fields of HR management and employment law, \u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses\u003c\/em\u003e provides practical strategies that organizational leaders, HR practitioners, and workplace coaches can take to keep high performers on track, address problems should they arise, and prevent toxicity from occurring in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, Master Certified Coach, Coaching Supervisor (and total fan of Teri Daniel)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track\u003c\/em\u003e offers helpful and much needed guidance to identify and eliminate the toxic leaders that drive away employees and ruin workplaces cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Pinkos Cobb\u003c\/strong\u003e, Attorney \u0026amp; Author of \u003cem\u003eManaging Psychosocial Hazards and Work-Related Stress in Today's Work Environment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToxic and bullying leaders permeate all sectors and organizations, causing billions in lost employee productivity, absenteeism and turnover. In \u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High-Performers on Track\u003c\/em\u003e. Dr. Teresa Daniel delivers a rare achievement: a book that provides background, context and actionable guidance for C-Suite leaders, HR professionals, and supervisors who wish to be tough--effective, yet kind--leaders. Dr. Daniel even provides guidance and recommendations for employees suffering currently under toxic and bullying supervisors. Meticulously referenced with current and relevant research, this book is an authoritative guide and resource for both practitioners and scholars of leadership and human resources. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony A. Piña\u003c\/strong\u003e, Ed.D., Chief Online Learning Officer, Illinois State University, Editor: \u003cem\u003eLessons in Leadership in the Field of Educational Technology\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLeading and Managing e-Learning: What the e-Learning Leader Needs to Know\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eI highly recommend \u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High-Performers on Track\u003c\/em\u003e. It's a must-read for every leader in a military or traditional business environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Helen MacLennan\u003c\/strong\u003e, Dean, School of Graduate Business \u0026amp; Technology, Lindsey Wilson College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Teresa Daniel opens our eyes to the fact that toxic workplaces are destructive--socially, mentally, financially, and even physically. Piercing a veil of delusional normalcy, beyond which workplace cultures themselves honor, endorse - and even reward - erstwhile exploitation of our common emotional biology, she arms us with pragmatic science-based solutions that serve everyone's best interest. To survive, to thrive . . . read this book! \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Peil Kauffman,\u003c\/strong\u003e Interdisciplinary Emotion Theorist and Director, EFS International \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe timing of \u003cem\u003eToxic Leaders and Tough Bosses \u003c\/em\u003ecomes at such an important time in our society. This book arms the reader with the tools to identify toxic leadership within their organizations and gives ideas and strategies to support employees to create positive workplace cultures. The cost of toxic leaders is high, but the positive impact of great workplace cultures is greater. The choice between the two can make or break an organization. Dr. Daniel paints a clear picture of both. If improving your workplace culture is important to you, then this book is for you! \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles Gray\u003c\/strong\u003e, MBA, PhD, HR Consultant, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHopefully, the US Army and organizations across the globe will require this book as mandatory reading and use it as a foundation in their leadership programs to teach and build competent, caring and tough leaders while continuing to weed out the bullies and toxic leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrigadier General James E. 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