Rising Above a Toxic Workplace: Taking Care of Yourself in an Unhealthy Environment

Gary Chapman · Dr. Paul White · Harold Myra

Jan 2015 · Oasis Audio · Narrated by Wes Bleed

About this audiobook

You can rise above. You do have options.

Do you work in a toxic environment or have a toxic boss? You're not alone! Today, unattainable expectations, emotional harassment, and demands to do more with less often leave employees overworked, underpaid, insecure, and out of options. Must you continue to put up with poisonous people in a morale-crushing environment?

In Rising Above a Toxic Workplace, you'll learn how to endure, cope, or quit if necessary. Drawing from authentic - sometimes horrific - real-life stories, authors Gary Chapman, Paul White, and Harold Myra blend their expertise to give you practical guidance, empowering insight, and realistic hope. You'll discover:

• how workplaces can become unhealthy and how to avoid getting wounded;
• what drives toxic leaders and why they are so damaging to those around them;
• essential tips for maintaining your sanity while dealing with dysfunctional colleagues; and
• counsel on how to decide when to leave - for your own mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

Ratings and reviews

He spends most of the time telling you to quit before it's too late. He spends only a few minutes near the end to talk about how to rise above it but doesn't elaborate on how to actually do it and doesn't provide any examples. I gave it 4 stars because it's nice to know that you're not alone, but otherwise, it doesn't address the title properly.

About the author

Relationship counselor, pastor, and author Gary Chapman graduated from Moody Bible Institute, received a B.A. and M.A. in Anthropology from Wheaton College and Wake Forest University respectively, completed graduate work in education at Duke University and the University of North Carolina, and earned his Ph.D. in Adult Education and Master's of Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Chapman has discussed his five love language theory in numerous books and video programs, and he has also written many works of guidance on the topics of marriage, parenting, and in-law relationships. The director of Marriage and Family Life Consultants, Inc., Chapman has also been the senior associate pastor at Winston-Salem, North Carolina's Calvary Baptist Church since 1971. He has spoken internationally and domestically on relationships and received the Platinum Book Award from the Evangelical Publishers Association for The Five Love Languages. He also made The New York Times Best Seller List with The Five Love Languages of Children in 2015. Paul White author of 18 books, lives in the UK.