The 4 Deadly Sins of Work Culture

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 21 June 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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How do you avoid joining a toxic culture– and build a healthy one once you’ve arrived? In this episode, Adam explores how to recognize the four deadly sins of work culture before you join an organization, and shares strategies that can help shape a thriving workplace from the inside. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/WL48

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0:25.8	I found this job opening for a marketing manager and I thought, oh, that would be really
0:30.2	fun.
0:31.2	They were looking someone who could do everything, like very strategic.
0:34.0	So I applied, got the interview and they were actually really nice.
0:39.5	This is Maria or at least that's what we're calling her, you know, to protect the innocent.
0:45.1	Anyway, Maria was very excited about this new opportunity.
0:49.1	From the outside, the job was everything she wanted.
0:52.6	And she called me at the end of the day to offer me the job.
0:56.0	So I quit my job like two days later.
0:58.6	A few weeks later, she started the new job, eager to share her ideas.
1:02.8	And as I sat down in my new desk, the designer that was sitting next to me, she's like, I
1:08.3	tried to find you on LinkedIn to warn you not to take this job.
1:12.0	That went, why?
1:13.0	And she told me these people are crazy.
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