Maybe West Dunbartonshire Council, which has an appalling record for staff sickness, including school teachers, could take a few lessons from the advice below:
Toxic environments make people sick, make projects fail, and make best employees quit.
Signs you work in a toxic environment:
1) Disrespect and belittlement
2) Unreasonable pressure to get short term results at expense of the long term strategy
3) Inequity, unfairness, favouritism, injustice
4) Any kind of harassment and bullying
5) Lack of empathy, of appreciation, of support
6) Excessive control known as micromanagement
7) Morally questionable environments, lack of integrity, encouragement of dishonesty
In an environment like this, no matter how great a vision and strategy are – they will never be executed on.
Great leaders fix toxic cultures. Cllr Jonathan McColl are you paying attention to this advice?
They empower, involve, listen, appreciate, challenge, support, mentor. They value hard work and job well done, honesty, integrity, commitment and dedication.