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Toxicity in the Virtual Workplace
Every work model has its traps. While the office, particularly the open office, had its interruptions, monocultures, and cliques, it’s not as if a remote workplace can’t go south. An async-first remote culture looks to foster a calm, respectful, flexible, fun, and inclusive workplace that values deep work. Those are great intentions. Both leaders and team members must preserve those characteristics of the workplace.
In this chapter, I explore some anti-patterns I’ve seen in remote-first and “hybrid” organizations that can make your workplace toxic.
Toxicity Builds: One Benign Step at a Time
No one plans to make their workplace toxic. Often, it’s a series of well-intentioned missteps. Some of these are by-products ...
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