Toxic Leaders And The Social Environments That Breed Them

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I found this article to be quite applicable to the fire service as well, and a insightful read.

Here's a quote:

Toxic leadership is a combination of self-centered attitudes, motivations, and behaviors that have adverse effects on subordinates, the organization, and mission performance. This leader lacks concern for others and the climate of the organization, which leads to short- and long-term negative effects. The toxic leader operates with an inflated sense of self-worth and from acute self-interest. Toxic leaders consistently use dysfunctional behaviors to deceive, intimidate, coerce, or unfairly punish others to get what they want for themselves. The negative leader completes short-term requirements by operating at the bottom of the continuum of commitment, where followers respond to the positional power of their leader to fulfill requests. This may achieve results in the short term, but ignores the other leader competency categories of leads and develops. Prolonged use of negative leadership to influence followers undermines the followers’ will, initiative, and potential and destroys unit morale.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.forbes.com/sites/darwinatwork/2014/01/10/toxic-leaders-and-the-social-environments-that-breed-them/

[FirNaTine 370]

I found this article to be quite applicable to the fire service as well, and a insightful read.

Here's a quote:

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.forbes.com/sites/darwinatwork/2014/01/10/toxic-leaders-and-the-social-environments-that-breed-them/

And let's not forget "Toxic" Hiring/ Promoting Practices within some Fire Departments! They both are a recipe for Disaster within the Fire Service as well as any Profession!

Edited February 24, 2015 by FirNaTine

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And let's not forget "Toxic" Hiring/ Promoting Practices within some Fire Departments! They both are a recipe for Disaster within the Fire Service as well as any Profession!

But those practices can originate from toxic leadership.....

[FirNaTine 370]

But those practices can originate from toxic leadership.....

And why is that?

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And let's not forget "Toxic" Hiring/ Promoting Practices within some Fire Departments! They both are a recipe for Disaster within the Fire Service as well as any Profession!

But those practices can originate from toxic leadership.....

And why is that?

For example, corrupt Mayors dictating to FD who they should hire, court systems dictating who should get promoted, Chiefs promoting their "in crowd" or to fit their agenga, etc etc. While those who are truly deserving try and try again yet attempts are futile due to the same toxic leadership who know they can get away with it. As opposed to leaders who stand up for a fair hiring practice and make it clearly know and transparent to their subordinates...

[FirNaTine 370]

For example, corrupt Mayors dictating to FD who they should hire, court systems dictating who should get promoted, Chiefs promoting their "in crowd" or to fit their agenga, etc etc. While those who are truly deserving try and try again yet attempts are futile due to the same toxic leadership who know they can get away with it. As opposed to leaders who stand up for a fair hiring practice and make it clearly know and transparent to their subordinates...

Misread your post Seth sorry. I thought it said those practices cant originate from toxic leadership. My bad!

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Toxic leaders who have political connection are the worst especially when they use that power to go backwards and not forward

[FirNaTine 370]

Toxic leaders who have political connection are the worst especially when they use that power to go backwards and not forward

And Incompetent!