Toxic bosses, co-workers or clients can drive your brain into a stressed-out state, hurting your productivity and eroding your confidence.
Most sources of stress are easy to identify — but it's the unexpected triggers that can harm you the most.
At work, toxic bosses, co-workers or clients can drive your brain into a stressed-out state, hurting your productivity and eroding your confidence, says Juliette Han, a Harvard-trained neuroscientist. "Toxic behavior isn't limited to people who are intentionally hurtful or lashing out at you," she adds. "People who gravitate towards drama or have a bad attitude about work can be just as bad for you."
Han, who is also a faculty member at Columbia Business School and an academic advisor at Harvard Medical School, says the key to dealing with such toxic people is to learn how to spot them early on. Here are the three different types of toxic co-workers you should "avoid at all costs," and how to handle them, according to Han:We all have our insecurities — but working with someone who is constantly self-critical and paranoid about their performance can be exhausting and distracting.
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