About

Hi and welcome to my blog!

Writing this blog provides me with the opportunity to share my thoughts and ideas about organizational life. Please join the conversation.

If you’d like to know more about who I am please visit my website http://www.lesleytaylorcoaching.com and click on the About Page.

For the past 35 years I’ve worked in healthy and sick organizations, for good and bad bosses and I’ve been part of great teams and work groups that were teams in name only.

I believe that everyone deserves to work for a great boss and as part of a great team. We all deserve to be happy at work and to contribute to the best of our abilities.

There are too many organizations that are “broken” or “toxic” or “sick” and in need of healing. 

Fortunately, there are a growing number of people around the world who are committed to improving these unhealthy organizations. 

But, there is resistance to change and the work of “healing” is difficult. It is for this reason that we need to work together. We need to share our ideas. 

I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard this issue referred to as a “public health” issue but the amount of damage that these “toxic” workplaces cause is staggering.  Is this because these costs are hidden? Or is it because people are afraid to speak up?   

Organizations that are sick negatively affect individual workers, their families, the communities that they are situated in and sometimes their negative reach has global consequences.

They also hurt themselves.

Lesley