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Nov 2023
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Toxic Positivity at Work 5 | 27

Kim Scott, Jason Rosoff & Amy Sandler
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Can a “nice” workplace culture be as toxic as an abusive one? This past summer, our content intern Katie Bartlett (hi Katie!) wrote a piece about the workplace culture trend toward “niceness” investigating whether or not prioritizing “nice” feedback that’s full of vague platitudes over specific and sincere feedback that could make people uncomfortable is har ... Show More
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