Workplace Toxicity

Have you ever walked into a workplace and felt it before anyone said a word? That feeling - the tension, the careful silence, the sense that people have stopped trying - is culture. And it's costing you far more than you think.

In From Toxic to Positive, international best-selling author David Alssema pulls back the curtain on how good businesses quietly turn bad, and lays out a clear, human path for turning them around. This isn't a book about villains or dramatic blow-ups. It's about the ordinary ways toxicity takes root - the tolerated behaviour, the untrained managers, the thousand small things let slide - and the patient, practical work of building something better.

Written the way David talks - warm, honest, and refreshingly free of corporate jargon - this book walks you through the whole journey: how to see the problem clearly, why leadership sets the weather in every building, and how to rebuild the daily practices that make or break a culture. You'll learn how to communicate so people actually tell you the truth, give feedback that builds people up instead of tearing them down, manage people like people, and rebuild morale that no pizza party can fake. You'll discover why "culture fit" may be quietly hurting you and what to hire for instead, how the right environment attracts the right talent without the endless chase, and how to lead real change through real, change-weary people - and make it stick long after the initial energy fades.

Whether you're leading a genuinely toxic workplace and wondering if it can ever be different, or a good one that's drifted and needs a correction, this book will show you that change is possible - and that few things you do will ever matter more.

The weather in your building is waiting to be changed. This is how you change it.