Is Your Workplace Toxic? Here’s How to Fix It. with Teri Chilcoat
From Good Morning, HR by Mike Coffey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
June 4, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 255
About this episode
Mike Coffey discusses with Teri Chilcoat how to navigate and recover from toxic workplace environments while building healthier organizational cultures.
In episode 255, Coffey talks with Teri Chilcoat about navigating and recovering from toxic workplace environments while building healthier organizational cultures. They discuss defining toxic workplace dynamics beyond legal thresholds and into lived employee experience; recognizing psychological and physical symptoms of chronic workplace stress and burnout; understanding the toxic triangle of leaders, followers, and culture enabling dysfunction; applying personal agency and stoic principles to regain control in adverse environments; building leadership accountability systems that reinforce values and ethical behavior; identifying disengagement signals and preventing employee turnover through proactive management; evaluating why high-performing individual contributors often fail as managers; fostering self-awareness and emotional intelligence as core leadership competencies; addressing the hidden costs of toxic high performers on team morale and retention; preparing organizations for potential waves of turnover driven by disengagement and economic shifts. For HR teams who discuss this podcast in their team meetings, we've created a discussion starter PDF to help guide your…
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Host: Mike Coffey
Guest: Teri Chilcoat
Topics covered
- toxic workplace
- organizational culture
- employee engagement
- leadership accountability
- workplace stress
- burnout prevention
Keywords
- toxic workplace
- employee experience
- chronic stress
- leadership
- emotional intelligence
- employee turnover
- high performers
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