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Episode 11: Toxic Workplace Culture: How to Spot It, Fix It & Prevent It

2026-09-24 · 56 min · episode 11 · 13 entities

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Workplace toxicity rarely appears overnight—it builds when harmful behaviors are ignored, normalized, or excused. Catherine Mattice is the founder and CEO of Civility Partners, a nationally recognized HR thought leader, TEDx speaker, and author of Navigating Toxic Work Environments For Dummies . In this episode, Catherine explains how unhealthy workplace cultures develop, why high-performing toxic leaders are often allowed to remain, and what HR and organizational leaders can do to intervene before problems escalate. The conversation explores the early warning signs of toxic culture, the difference between engagement and a genuinely healthy workplace, psychological safety, accountability, culture assessments, and why fixing culture requires changes at the organizational, leadership, and individual levels. Key Takeaways: ● Toxic Cultures Develop Over Time: Incivility, gossip, microaggressions, and harmful behaviors can become normalized when leaders fail to address them early. ● High Performance Doesn’t Excuse Toxic Behavior: Leaders must consider the broader cost of toxic high performers, including turnover, lost productivity, damaged trust, and wasted organizational resources. ● Engagement Alone Doesn’t Measure Culture: Employees can be highly engaged while still experiencing bullying or harassment, making deeper culture and climate assessments essential. ● Accountability and Psychological Safety Can Coexist: Organizations can hold people accountable while maintaining an environment where employees feel safe speaking up, making mistakes, and giving feedback. ● Culture Requires Continuous Leadership: Healthy cultures are built when leaders consistently model expectations, develop managers, address harmful behavior, listen to employees, and reinforce respectful behavior throughout the organization. Connect with Catherine: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmattice/ Subscribe to the Civility Partners newsletter: https://civilitypartners.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8f30491fbe7448ce1061a3b48 &id=1d8dffac1f Navigating a Toxic Workplace For Dummies: https://civilitypartners.com/navigating-a-toxic-workplace-for-dummies/ Connect with Robert: Website: https://www.truecolorsintl.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/483774/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/true-colors-international/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/iSpeakTrueColors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecolorsintl/