Instructions:
- Post a new discussion related to the topics covered in this module. Your post needs to provide specific lessons learned with examples from this module helping you enhance your leadership capacity at work.
- After posting your discussion, review posts provided by other students in the class and reply to at least one of them.
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It is hard to believe that toxic leaders are in so many different organizations still today. These individuals can ruin morale, disrupt productivity and essentially sabotage the agency’s mission. Watt advised that there are three ways an individual needs ensure they survive a toxic leader. First, stay committed to your values. Second, do not react to the toxic leader and finally always keep your emotions in check (2017). I could see how this could be very difficult at times, however, it is imperative to ensure you don’t destroy your own career in the process.
Reference
Watt, R. (2017). Toxic leaders. 3.8, Week # 11. National Command and Staff College. Retrieved from https://cloud.scorm.com/content/courses/NAGVXPB5E6/ToxicLeadershipcdf55361-7b5e-4ce5-b3c2-c54ed6c7aae1/3/index_lms.html
Toxic leadership tears down its employees and subordinates more than I can count on. I have witnessed it first hand. A new supervisor changed the way they treated us since taking a new role and forgot where he came from. They disrespected us and would look down on us like they didn’t start in the same position.
I have to agree that many leaders forget what it is like to be in that position and the demands of the job everyday. Another thing that bothers me is when they assume that you are doing something but they have never observed you. However, it shouldn’t be surprising as these leaders don’t care for their members and are not worried about the damage the cause.