Speaking up about the type of culture or toxic practices at work is a starting points to create positive change in the workplace — so why are so many people reluctant to do so?
There might be several reasons: first, there may be significant personal or professional risks associated with being the one speaking up. Second, many people assume someone else will step up. In reality, only few will have the courage to openly talk about toxic work cultures.
In 2018, Nike had several cases of women harassement, that ended up uncovering toxic practice almost by luck - check this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/business/nike-women.html
For this episode, I needed to have a rebel mindset about toxic cultures and was happy to find her - Zoe Fragou
About Zoe FragouZoe Fragou is an Organizational Psychologist - she is a fixer of TOXIC WORK CULTURES - she uses science to help organizations transform their culture
She also does research is mainly focused on the psychometrics of the corporate culture. She writes and speaks about: equality in the workspace, stereotypes, mobbing, burnout, leadership, toxic positivity, positive psychology.
Here is where you can find her
Zoe Fragou Website https://www.fragouzoe.com/
Zoe Fragou LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/fragouzoe/
What we discussed on this episode on Why is it so difficult to talk about Toxic Cultures
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