Navigating a Toxic Job Environment: The Art of Creating a Meaningful Impact
Are you working in a toxic job environment? What do you do if your job is making you miserable?
As I shared in my Canaversary post last week, for a long time, I was not happy in the work I was doing. Without naming names, you’d be surprised to find out which companies were the most toxic. I’m a survivor of a toxic workplace where bullying and harassment seemed inherent to the culture.1 The toll on my mental health and overall well-being was immense, to the point where physical stress-related symptoms started to appear.
I often wondered: How could I muster up the energy and willpower to go running every day, yet seem to have lost my passion for everything else I used to care so much about?
Physical and mental health aren’t separate, and the environment you spend most of your waking hours in has a huge impact on both. You can’t fix a toxic organization from the bottom up. Trust me, I’ve tried. But without top-down support from executives, any project or initiative is ultimately doomed to fail.
The good news is you can repair the damage, both physical and mental.2 But it’s not like yo…
