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Are you a law firm owner who is struggling with a problematic employee? In this podcast episode of "Maximum Lawyer," host Tyson delves into the critical issue of toxic employees within law firms. He discusses how such individuals can negatively impact team morale, productivity, and client relationships. 

Toxic employees can really affect the work environment, where business, relationships and the bottom line can suffer. Toxic employees are those with negative behaviors that disrupt the workplace. Red flags include excessive self promotion, hoarding work and hiding incomplete tasks, rejecting support from coworkers, and gossiping. These are traits to look out for to identify the problematic employees on your team.

After identifying the traits, it is important to know how to address toxic employees. It is important to have direct communication with the person and provide an overview of the toxic behaviors they have been doing and what the impact on the team has been. 

Another strategy is to set out clear expectations with a defined timeline for when you expect to see results. Offer training or mentorship to make sure they can improve and change that team morale for the better.

Take a listen to learn more!

• 1:19 Discussion on how toxic employees can harm team morale
• 3:27 Definition of toxic employees 
• 4:41 Identifying subtle behaviors that indicate a toxic employee
• 16:34 Strategies for dealing with toxic employees

Tune in to today’s episode and checkout the full show notes here.