What It Looks Like: Recognizing and Addressing Toxic Leadership Leaders and teams give undue weight to the opinions, directives, or decisions of authority figures, even when those directives contradict logic, ethics, or available evidence. Tom, a Chief Operating Officer at a large corporation, has noticed that one of his senior managers, Brian, has created a negative atmosphere within his team. Brian frequently uses harsh language, micromanages his subordinates, and often belittles them in front...