Navigating Toxic Workplaces: Conversation on Workplace Bullying with Caroline Stokes, CEC and Ludmila Praslova, PhD

Risky Conversations with Jamie Lee

Navigating toxic workplaces is something I coach on every week in my practice. Gaining the skills and insights to deal with bullying and unhealthy work cultures is essential for you to negotiate the uneven and sometimes rough terrain of your career journey.
In this episode, I'm interviewing two experts featured in the Harvard Business Review Guide to Navigating the Toxic Workplace.
Organizational psychologist Ludmila Praslaova and executive coach Caroline Stokes discuss the root causes of bullying behavior and offer strategies for both organizations and individuals to address toxic work cultures.
They provide insights from decades of research and coaching experience on improving communication, building allies, and advocating for change.
What you'll learn:

• Workplace bullying is a common problem that negatively impacts career growth and mental health
• Bullying often stems from insecurity and a lack of understanding between colleagues (across) or from either a direct report (up) or supervisor (down)
• Marginalized groups are more vulnerable to bullying due to power dynamics
• Why it's important to trust your intuition and how to do it if something feels wrong at work
• Why, in addition to individual self-care, organizations need to take responsibility for creating healthy cultures
• How gender plays a role in workplace bullying, with men more likely to bully both men and women
• How to apply the "vote for yourself and vote with your feet" principle
• The why of building allies and documenting incidents to address bullying

Featured in this episode:

• Caroline Stokes is an Executive Coach for Start-up Cultures and Fortune 500 Leaders. Check out her book: Elephane Before Unicorns: Emotionally Intelligent Strategies to Save Your Company
• Caroline's LinkedIn and website
• Ludmila N. Praslova, Ph.D., is the author of The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work. She's also a professor of Graduate Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Vanguard University of Southern California. She is a member of the Thinkers 50 Radar Class of 2024 – a global group of management thinkers most likely make an impact on the world.
• Ludmila's LinkedIn
  

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