If backbiting and recriminations appear in your team, this brings many risks: as a rule, good people will soon quit, while new quality candidates won’t come because the team has a bad reputation.
In such a climate, critical problems are not addressed because no one feels safe about raising issues and suggesting solutions. Moreover, in a team like this, decisions are often taken covertly. As a result of the atmosphere, people refrain from taking risks or innovating.
How can you tell whether your team is toxic and, if it is, what can you do to put things right?
