P2OLCM11 – Toxic Leadership

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The best way for you to succeed is for your unit or agency to succeed. Remove the words, "I," "Me,", and "Mine," from your lexicon. Replace them with "we," "us," and "ours." Focus on the success of others, not on yourself, and you will be surprised by the positive outcome.

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Toxic leaders view their subordinates as disposable pieces of equipment rather than people, have a destructive personality or interpersonal skills that produce a hostile work climate, [and] are motivated primarily by self-interest.

True

False

Emotions are not the enemy of good decision making and allow their actions to fuel positive emotions.

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False

Toxic leadership can be defined as:

Leadership brought about by a lack of self-awareness, lack of self-control and confidence, all of which are seeded by self-interest.

A toxic leader's subordinates don't like him or her.

All of the above

Toxic leaders are NOT a fact of life. They do not exist in all organizations.

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False

Toxic leadership is far easier to identify than to define.

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False

Pearl Zhu identified 5 common characteristics of a toxic corporate workplace as abusive leadership, unprofessional behaviors, apathy, lack of leadership commitment to high values, and lack of appreciation.

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False

Marcia Whicker, in her 1996 book, "Toxic Leaders: When Organizations Go Bad" described toxic leaders as:

They glory in turf protection, fighting and controlling, rather than uplifting followers.

They succeed by tearing others down.

Maladjusted, malcontent, and often malevolent, even malicious.

All of the above

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