If your startup employs people who exhibit more than half of the 16 dysfunctional personalities listed below, you are probably in trouble. Some would say the toxicity level is through the roof.
The Overreactor – this is someone who takes a single data point and, based on it, tries to change the corporate strategy and direction …
The Passive Aggressive – this is someone who does the politically correct thing and agrees to do something that the majority agrees to in a meeting only to go off and do exactly the opposite thing …
The Rice Paper – this is someone who repeatedly takes disagreement over an idea or issue as a personal attack and indictment …
The Head Faker – this is someone who purposely “tests” another by taking a position on a matter that is contrary to what they really believe in order to gauge another person’s stance …
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