Keynote — 2026/27

Toxic Workplaces & Difficult Bosses

The behaviours costing your organisation millions — diagnosed, named, and survivable.

The problem

Toxic supervision is not a personality quirk; it is a measurable business cost. The research links it to absenteeism, turnover, quiet withdrawal of effort and rising psychosocial risk — an impact estimated in the billions annually across industry. Yet most organisations can’t name the behaviours, so they can’t manage them, and their best people leave first.

What this session delivers

A practical diagnostic for the recognised varieties of bad leadership and the specific toxic-supervision behaviours behind them — plus the evidence-based survival strategies for the people underneath: documentation, visibility, allies, and knowing when a situation can be managed and when it can only be left. Serious research, delivered with more humour than the subject has any right to.

What your audience leaves with

The field guide: how to recognise the varieties of horrible leadership early
The real cost: what these behaviours do to retention, engagement and psychosocial safety
Practical protection: the disciplines that keep good people safe and effective
For managers: how to make sure you never become the case study

Formats

Keynote (45–60 minutes)
Conference session
Manager development workshop

Enquire about this keynote

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