
Detox Your Culture
Deliver results, retain staff, and strengthen your organization's reputation
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Detox Your Culture
Deliver results, retain staff, and strengthen your organization's reputation
About this book
*Shortlisted for The Business Book Awards 2025* The essential guide for organizations to understand how toxic cultures form, identify the warning signs, and take effective action to address and prevent them. In recent years, the media has been rife with stories of toxic workplaces - from reports into public institutions such as the police and healthcare trusts, to allegations from former employees at the likes of Twitter and the Ellen DeGeneres Show. It can present itself in many forms: harassment, discrimination, lack of boundaries, a culture of fear and lack of support for employees. But toxic workplaces can also lead to missed targets, poor strategic decisions, and a loss of trust from the public and shareholders; in short, they are bad for business, leaders and anyone working in them. In this book, workplace culture expert Colin D. Ellis lays out a series of simple but effective methods for leaders looking to understand how toxic cultures form, illustrated through a global range of case studies (including CBI, the London Fire Brigade, Uber, SpaceX, Sony Music, and Amnesty International). He walks readers through practical actions that they can take to create the cultural conditions for success - a work environment of belonging, inclusivity, flexibility and value creation. Designed to be universally applicable, and tackling a diverse range of topics - from employee connection, to establishing and integrating positive values - Detox Your Culture is essential reading for any leader or manager looking to ensure that their organization's reputation and results are never compromised by culture.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Dedication
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction: Why should you care?
- CHAPTER ONE What is toxic culture?
- CHAPTER TWO What’s the plan?
- CHAPTER THREE What good are you doing?
- CHAPTER FOUR Are you set up to succeed?
- CHAPTER FIVE What do you value?
- CHAPTER SIX Do managers get it?
- CHAPTER SEVEN Does empathy exist?
- CHAPTER EIGHT How does work get done?
- CHAPTER NINE Are you standing still?
- CHAPTER TEN How will you respond?
- CHAPTER ELEVEN What to do if you work in a toxic culture now
- Conclusion
- About the Author
- Music List
- Take the Culture Quiz
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
- Copyright