It really isn’t the residue from the negativity sticks around and grows. Each one seems like once it’s over it’s over, no harm no foul. This article outlines some of the gaslighting tactics we allow every day in practice. The better the communication, the better the company’s performance. The success of any company is dependent on how the employees work together and communicate together. In order to solve this problem leadership teams need to be more aware of the risks that come with allowing a toxic environment and find ways to avoid this at all costs before it’s too late. Toxic cultures are self-fulfilling prophecies since once they exist, it becomes hard for them to change. Over time, these people will start to see their careers stagnate and become unhappy because of this. If a practice’s culture is toxic, then the negativity will leak out and affect some of the staff. If someone knows what signs to look for, then they will be able to see it before it gets out of hand and becomes a toxic culture that is hard to get rid of. It is important to be able to recognize toxic behaviors and how they affect others. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Same with owners, they didn’t know what they didn’t know.
They may not have known how to do things correctly or they were a ‘bad’ manager but they never intended to be. I have never met a manager that had bad intentions, honestly, I haven’t. No manager or owner ever opened the doors of their practice and said to themselves, ‘Today is the day I build a festering cesspool of toxicity for my team’. What we don’t talk about it is how we ended up with a toxic environment at our practice in the first place. Read the article on gaslighting in the practice here. The number one reason for quitting your job is a toxic workplace – according to a Gallup poll in 2017. The negative environment can lead to increased stress levels, lower productivity, less innovation, and reduced employee retention. A toxic work environment is a place where people are treated unfairly, discriminated against, or harassed at work. We have all been there and we have all had those jobs. How many times have we heard when someone wants to quit a job they say it was a ‘toxic environment’ and we all nod our heads in agreement and understanding. We have all heard of the term ‘toxic environment’. Toxic Environments are grown, nurtured, and cultivated over time. So how does this relate to Gaslighting and the article we just wrote for Veterinary Practice News?
They are from all over veterinary medicine. The majority of our clients have come from the veterinary medicine space. We have lots of folks in our brand coaching program developing who they are and what they want to be online within their own brands.
Linda and I not only work in digital media and marketing we spend a great deal of our time working on personal and professional brand coaching. We just had an article published in Veterinary Practice News magazine! Have you read it? It’s on gaslighting in the veterinary practice.