{"id":1286,"date":"2021-01-25T08:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rulenumbersix.ca\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2021-02-07T09:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T17:19:33","slug":"teamwork-toxins-and-antidotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/blog\/teamwork-toxins-and-antidotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamwork Toxins and Antidotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A little bit of toxin goes a long way when it comes to derailing teamwork.<\/p>

Some examples of common teamwork toxins include:<\/p>

  • Absenteeism<\/p><\/li>

  • Aggressiveness<\/p><\/li>

  • Backbiting<\/p><\/li>

  • Binary thinking<\/p><\/li>

  • Blame<\/p><\/li>

  • Bullying<\/p><\/li>

  • Conflict avoidance<\/p><\/li>

  • Contempt<\/p><\/li>

  • Defensiveness<\/p><\/li>

  • Denial<\/p><\/li>

  • Disorganization<\/p><\/li>

  • Favoritism<\/p><\/li>

  • Gossiping<\/p><\/li>

  • Lack of communication<\/p><\/li>

  • Making excuses<\/p><\/li>

  • Narcissism<\/p><\/li>

  • Passiveness<\/p><\/li>

  • Pessimism<\/p><\/li>

  • Politicking<\/p><\/li>

  • Procrastination<\/p><\/li>

  • Sandbagging<\/p><\/li>

  • Shame<\/p><\/li>

  • Short-termism<\/p><\/li>

  • Stonewalling<\/p><\/li>

  • Suspicion<\/p><\/li>

  • Undercutting<\/p><\/li><\/ul>

    When teams turn toxic, there are antidotes. Typically, the most powerful antidotes include a combination of some of the following:<\/p>

    • Accountability<\/p><\/li>

    • Acknowledgement<\/p><\/li>

    • Assertiveness<\/p><\/li>

    • Authenticity<\/p><\/li>

    • Belonging<\/p><\/li>

    • Caring<\/p><\/li>

    • Clarity<\/p><\/li>

    • Communication<\/p><\/li>

    • Compassion<\/p><\/li>

    • Connection<\/p><\/li>

    • Courage<\/p><\/li>

    • Curiosity<\/p><\/li>

    • Embracing possibility<\/p><\/li>

    • Equality<\/p><\/li>

    • Empathy<\/p><\/li>

    • Flexibility<\/p><\/li>

    • Generosity<\/p><\/li>

    • Humility<\/p><\/li>

    • Inclusion<\/p><\/li>

    • Integrity<\/p><\/li>

    • Kindness<\/p><\/li>

    • Leadership<\/p><\/li>

    • Listening<\/p><\/li>

    • Long-term thinking<\/p><\/li>

    • Optimism<\/p><\/li>

    • Organization<\/p><\/li>

    • Patience<\/p><\/li>

    • Perspective-taking<\/p><\/li>

    • Process<\/p><\/li>

    • Psychological safety<\/p><\/li>

    • Respect<\/p><\/li>

    • Responsibility<\/p><\/li>

    • Shared purpose<\/p><\/li>

    • Sincerity<\/p><\/li>

    • Transparency<\/p><\/li>

    • Trust<\/p><\/li><\/ul>

      Team dysfunction leads to devastation. If you notice or suspect toxins, don\u2019t hesitate to reach for antidotes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      A little bit of toxin goes a long way when it comes to derailing teamwork. Here are common teamwork toxins and powerful antidotes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,15,5,14,13,3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collaboration","category-communication","category-community","category-empathy","category-facilitation","category-inclusion-and-belonging","category-leadership","category-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Teamwork-Toxins-and-Antidotes.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rulenumbersix.ca\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}