Not only does it interfere with employee productivity (time spent gossiping adds up), but kills employee growth, creativity, and the space to become better in all the ways.
Toxic killers from leadership can include:
- Bosses who don't truly foster community (i.e. favoritism)
- Bosses who don't speak up against gossip
- Bosses who don't MANAGE their employees (i.e. want to be their friend
This article goes on to mention that investing in competent middle managers instead of wasting dollars on a special few potential "leaders" can result in better productivity and results.
There is a lot of emphasis put on a workplace culture. But if the culture is "told" to employees as opposed to getting employee say and buy-in, it won't be a true harmonious environment. Similarly, if there are meetings and professional development days spent on workplace culture, but gossip continues and leadership doesn't walk-the-walk of fostering each employee, all those hours are also wasted.
