'In Reflection: Toxic Workplaces & Change Journeys' with Tiffany Zamot

What do you do when wisdom speaks & shares it may not be wise to directly address how the BOSS is a core factor eroding a team’s change progress?

WISDOM: Just think for a moment: what benefit would be gained by pointing out to the hiring authority that they’re the source of perpetual problem X? Consider your future business prospects, too.

NAIVETY: Yeah, but in this situation, the change resistor is the big boss to whom I provide my feedback.

WISDOM: May the optimal scenario be to catalogue a series of questions for reflection & provide as a gifted leave behind?

NAIVETY: Are you proposing I leave space for self-reflection so their imagination can begin to create their own associations & previously unseen connections?

WISDOM: As a wise person once shared with me, ‘You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t get them to drink, especially if they can’t see the water.’

Perhaps we’ve all been the horse at some point in our lives; so, how can anyone nudge the change process along if no one’s got any idea of what’s in front of us? Neither the work nor the opportunity.

Building on Hendrick Seng’s recent Dialogic Drinks on “Human Destruction,” let’s spend time in reflection. Looking across time, detail what’s helped teams you’ve work with undergo transformation along their respective leader-, people- & program journeys.

Come along on a fun thoughtbook experiment blending rudimentary management theory & immersive consulting practice into a discussion centered around struggle, process, & perpetuating workplace blockers. We’ll be curiously examining adjacent possibilities. Join in, let’s think & learn together.

Tiffany Zamot biography

People & Culture Business Partner Tiffany Zamot prefers an embedded approach to organizational team synergy & change projects. Imagine the value of being deeply connected & the potential goodness of nurturing colleagueship in the workplace.

Tiffany’s mission is to unlock the authentic expression of individuals & teams breathing life into what’s possible. She does this by creating an environment of unapologetic imagination & joyous curiosity while approaching the most arduous quandaries with playfully serious care.

Much of Tiffany’s professional experience working across industries supporting C-Suite, managers, & departments; civic leaders & foreign dignitaries; & the community has demonstrated the relational issues & celebrations we experientially share are similar regardless of domain. She has integrated this experience into her own whimsical brand of adventure in Learning & Leadership Development.

Most recently collaborating with small teams to co-create system & process improvements, reflect on work/life balance challenges, & experiment with techniques to enhance culture & morale. It is with pleasure Tiffany now invites you to wander freely around the muck of toxic workplace dynamics with hopes of finding collective inspiration in applying & possibly enhancing your own situational contexts.