Aurelian Skills: Life Empowerment Through Skills and Knowledge

Handling Toxic People at Work  A lot of team members ask me about handling toxic people at work. Today, I present to you a solution - *Steve's KFC and DONUT Toolkit:* You'll always find one (or two) obnoxious, apathetic, cunning, and unprofessional team members around you. There is no corporate without these vicious snakes. You can either be scared of them and serve your professional tenure in fear, or you can tackle the situation by employing a strategy I call Steve's KFC toolkit®. (I know, it sounds delicious). 1. Kindness: Be kind to them. See if their toxicity and bigotry is a result of lack of kindness in their lives. Give them a second chance invoking Hanlon's Razor. 2. Friendliness: Provide a shoulder to cry on in case they are carrying any burden within. Know your limits and never make yourself vulnerable in front of them. 3. Communication: Tell them what you've been doing so far to deal with them. If it's evident that they're actually what they are,...

Toxicity destroys a collaborative work environment like rust destroys metal. Authoritativeness, Bias, Dishonesty, Lying, Targeting, Mobbing, Ganging Up, Favouritism, Sycophancy, Bootlicking, and Indifference are all the factors that result in a toxic and insufferably hostile environment for people who give their all for a conducive and a positive culture. Toxicity craves dominance and would destroy entire departments to retain that. Scapegoating, spreading hatred, and a vicious gang culture is one way to retain dominance for them. Once they have an authoritative figure under their direct influence, they can exercise their insolent, brutal, and blind might to cause harm to innocents and the entire organizations. In such cases, the "good" ones who think they have integrity and unity, remain silent for the fear of consequences. Such are the people, spineless and complacent in the act of the destruction of organizations. They forget that these snakes will come afte...