What to Do when Your Boss Is Toxic | E393

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.7 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

So, you've got a bad boss. If you're lucky, this will be your last... but unfortunately, toxic leadership is not unheard of. Knowing the signs of a toxic boss can help you protect yourself, manage yoru expectations, and move on to a better situation when the time is right. A toxic boss can stimy your ability to do your best work, which will not only hold back the company, it can damage your career. They can foster work environments where people feel drained, resentful, or constantly at odds with their coworkers. And when it comes to your emotional wellbeing, working for a crappy boss can really take its toll. But help is here! Today on the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast, we're talking about how to navigate a toxic boss and even use this difficult experience to propel your career forward. You'll learn: The signs of a toxic boss. How toxic leadership impacts you, your relationships with coworkers, and your ability to be successful in your career. How to deal with a bad boss. Growth opportunities that only come from working for a toxic manager. All of that and more on today's show. I hope you'll join me! xoxo, Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby P.S. — I have a collection of articles and podcasts designed to help you thrive in your career. Check it out — I made it for you!

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0:00.0	toxic bosses can have a profound impact not just on our work, but they can also affect our mental and emotional well-being.
0:11.6	Today we'll be discussing the key signs to look out for and strategies to cope with a toxic work environment, especially one caused by a special someone.
0:23.6	A toxic boss.
0:29.6	Today's mood music is from Eric Copeland. The song is Boogie Man, which I think does such a beautiful job of conveying
0:40.1	the dread, the malevolence that we experience more in a toxic working situation,
0:46.5	especially with somebody who feels like a monster. And it's also a very cool song. So,
0:52.1	learn more about Eric Copeland on his bandcamp page,
0:55.7	ericoplin.combe.combe. And if this is your first time listening to the podcast,
1:01.6	I'm so glad to have you here with me today. I'm Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby. I'm the founder of growing
1:07.1	self-counseling and coaching. I am a licensed psychologist, licensed marriage and
1:11.6	family therapist, board certified coach, and the very grateful host of the love, happiness,
1:16.9	and success podcast. This is a show for growth-oriented people like you to do a deep dive
1:24.8	every week into different topics that help support your healthy relationships,
1:30.0	your personal well-being, but also your professional success. And today, that's where we're going,
1:38.5	talking about how to manage the most difficult working relationship of all, where you are dealing with a direct
1:48.0	supervisor who has maybe a lot of power over your day-to-day life, at least on the job,
1:54.8	how it can impact you, but also how to combat it. So just to jump right into this, the first thing I'd like to talk about
2:04.7	are some of the signs that you may be dealing with a toxic boss situation. And I think
2:12.9	it's important to review this because particularly in a organizational system, it can be difficult to know
2:24.2	whether or not you are having a uniquely bad experience if other people around you seem to be
2:31.4	tolerating it differently. And I think an important part of being able to
2:36.8	cope with a toxic boss or a toxic work environment is to have the ability to validate
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