How do you handle a toxic work culture? — Transcript

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1. 0:02So we get a lot of questions from people who work in toxic leadership environments
2. 0:06and they ask, what are they to do?
3. 0:08How do they be the leader they wish they had?
4. 0:11Well, being the leader you wish you had means you commit yourself
5. 0:15to the care and success of those around you.
6. 0:17Remember, leadership has nothing to do with rank.
7. 0:19I know many people who sit at the highest levels of organizations
8. 0:23who are not leaders. They have authority, which is why we do as they tell us
9. 0:27but we would not follow them. Leadership can happen at any rank.
10. 0:30The choice you have to make is
11. 0:31do you want to be the leader? Now leadership comes with risks.
12. 0:35If you speak truth to power, you could get in trouble.
13. 0:37If you're the one who stands in between
14. 0:39the powers that be and the people that you work with,
15. 0:43if you're gonna commit yourself
16. 0:44to work late sometimes to help people and make those sacrifices,
17. 0:48you're gonna have to take those risks.
18. 0:50That's why not everyone wants to be a leader
19. 0:52because it does come with real sacrifice and real risk.
20. 0:55But if you want to be that person,
21. 0:56if you want to be the leader you wish you had,
22. 0:59you look to your left, you look to your right
23. 1:00and you say, how can I help them succeed?
24. 1:01Number one: if you see somebody on your team struggling
25. 1:04ask them if they're okay.
26. 1:06Ask them if you can help. If you know that somebody doesn't know
27. 1:10how to do something, sit down and show them.
28. 1:13Ask them if you want them to double check your work.
29. 1:16Remember, a big way in which we build trust is not actually by
30. 1:20offering for help but also asking for help.
31. 1:23So one of the things you can do
32. 1:25by being a leader is also asking for those around you to help.
33. 1:28Let them feel like they're empowered
34. 1:28to help those around them and in the course of time you will
35. 1:32build a level of trust on your team that they will see you as the person
36. 1:35who has their back.
37. 1:36And you get used to it. It's a practice like many other
38. 1:41like any other skills. You want to ride a bicycle,
39. 1:43you have to practice, you get good at it.
40. 1:44Leadership is the same.
41. 1:47Get in the habit of considering the lives of others.
42. 1:50If someone's running for the elevator, the doors are closing,
43. 1:53you're running late for a meeting. Instead of just letting the doors close,
44. 1:56hold the door open for somebody. If you're the last person to pour yourself
45. 1:59a cup of coffee at the office, instead of putting the empty pot back
46. 2:02make another pot of coffee.
47. 2:03It's little, little things where you consider those around you,
48. 2:06the lives of others, sometimes ahead of yourself
49. 2:09and be willing to sacrifice time and energy to help those around you.