Boss, manager and sometimes colleagues can participate in the installation of a toxic climate at work.
How to recognize people who harm your well-being at work and especially how to get rid of them, here are our tips.
To know the difference:
To get out of a toxic climate at work, we must first identify the people responsible.
And this step is not so easy, because it is necessary to differentiate the people just annoying from those who are really toxic.
Here are 5 types of toxic people best avoided at work.
- The egocentric : distant and cold, egocentric people are depressing. They see others as mere tools to increase self-esteem.
- The concierge or gossip: gossips draw their strength from the misfortune of others and are only interested in the shortcomings of the professional or personal life of their colleagues.
- The pervert : a pervert is recognized by his bad intentions, his goal: to harm others to find a certain pleasure. You can easily recognize it and therefore quickly dismiss it.
- Character colleagues : they do not control their emotions and attack others thinking that they are responsible for their malaise. It's harder to get rid of, because the characters play with our feelings and make us feel guilty.
- The arrogant people These are the people who most often have big problems at work. They hide behind a false self-confidence which in fact reveals a great deal of doubt.
How to get out of a toxic climate at work?
To escape from a toxic climate at work, the first mistake not to commit is to get into their game.
Indeed, their behavior follows no logic, it is irrational, so it is useless to want to answer them.
So for get out of this negative mood it is necessary to distance oneself while remaining vigilant, because one must recognize the toxic behaviors to choose the best way to escape from them.
We often think that because we work with toxic people it is impossible to escape.
Once the toxic person is identified, his behavior becomes predictable and therefore easier to understand.
It allows us to think rationally about when we should put up with them and when we shouldn't.
It is possible to set limits as long as you do it actively and keep them on the long term.
It is important not to be allowed to do so, it avoids being in complicated situations.
By setting limits, we can decide when and how the toxic person is managed.
It then becomes easier to get out of a toxic climate.
The most difficult thing is to stay on your positions and keep your limits when the person tries to exceed them, which they always do.
