HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace

Is your workplace toxic?

Toxic workplaces take many forms. Whether you're dealing with a narcissistic boss, a backstabbing colleague, endless microaggressions, or a culture of overwork and burnout, it can feel impossible to know what to do. Should you address the issue directly, play office politics, go to HR, or just keep your head down?

The HBR Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace will help you set boundaries and change what you can while maintaining your mental health and self-respect through some of the toughest interpersonal challenges you'll face at work.

You'll learn how to:

• Recognize what's fixable • Help bring problems to light • Keep your performance up • Protect your reputation and your career • Prevent a toxic culture from infecting your team • Rebuild trust and psychological safety • Move on if you choose, without burning bridges

Arm yourself with the advice you need to succeed on the job, with the most trusted brand in business. Packed with how-to essentials from leading experts, the HBR Guides provide smart answers to your most pressing work challenges.

© 2024 Harvard Business Review Press (Ebook): 9781647825911

Release date

Ebook: 16 January 2024