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This podcast is all about how leaders, organizations, and companies can improve their leadership and practices that lead to organizational success. As an Executive Coach, Dr. Kevin Sansberry has coached and mentored individuals, teams and organizations for over a decade and brings his wealth of experience and research focused on toxic leadership, coping and organizational culture. The Toxic Leadership podcast shares with listeners practical resources so that they too can begin to detoxify themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Lastly, we interview key leaders and experts as they share their insights regarding how to detoxify organizations — to improve retention, increase productivity and bottom line profitability.

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Dr. Kevin Sansberry II is a behavioral scientist and executive coach with expertise in toxic leadership, human capital strategy, and creating inclusive cultures of belonging to enhance organization performance.
Over the years, Kevin has focused on providing research-informed solutions in various settings such as higher education, nonprofit, sales, and corporate environments.
Kevin is a certified consultant through Myers Briggs Foundation, the Center for Conflict Dynamics as a certified workplace mediator and certified executive life coach through The Raynor Institute.
Kevin completed his doctorate in business administration from The University of Missouri-St. Louis studying the impact of abusive supervision on the organizational culture/climate, and employee coping behaviors. Kevin received his MBA from The University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis in leadership & change in human systems and general management. Kevin received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and business administration from the University of Central Missouri.
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Healing After Leaving Your Toxic Workplace With Elizabeth Perry
A toxic workplace can cause serious damage to a person's desire and drive to work. Thankfully, there are ways to push back against toxicity and heal from these invisible wounds left by a less than ideal work environment. Dr. Kevin Sansberry and podcast host and...
Productivity And Perfectionism, Exploring The Impact Of Culture With Judy Dang
People strive for perfection to the point of toxic productivity. The only problem is that perfection is impossible. How can you strike a balance between being productive and wanting to achieve great results? Dr. Kevin Sansberry talks to Judy Dang. Judy is the founder...
The Impact Of Hustle Culture On Women Of Color With Melissa Punambolam
Hustle Culture is something many in the workforce struggle with and can lead to a toxic workplace. Women of color are greatly impacted, causing negative effects in their lives. Melissa Punambolam challenges the paradigm of hustle culture in this episode as she...
How To Kick Off Organizational Culture Change in Police Departments With Pete Havel
It’s often hard to recognize when your organization needs an overhaul. However, culture change is often needed to better the organization and prevent toxicity from stewing. Today’s guest is Pete Havel, a leading speaker, trainer, and consultant on workplace...
Toxic Leadership Live: Revisiting Psychological Fitness And Wellbeing with Dr. Karen Doll
The topic of psychological fitness and wellbeing is something we need to go back to regularly. Unfortunately, despite the stigma regarding mental health steadily being shattered, burnout and chronic stress rates among workers are still at an all-time high. In...
Toxic Leadership Live: Talking Toxic Behavior, Insecurity and Self-Worth with Melanie Pump
Everyone struggles with insecurity, even those in positions of leadership. When that insecurity manifests in your actions as a leader, its impact snowballs throughout your team and your organization. Joining Dr. Kevin Sansberry in this episode is Melanie Pump,...
The Value of Staying True To Yourself In The Workplace With Tahisha Victor
The value of staying true to yourself can often get blurred when you’re positioned to need funding from others. As a woman of color and leader navigating through the world of fundraising, this becomes a dilemma for Tahisha Victor. Tahisha is the Executive Director for...
How Managing Leadership Ego Can Improve Your Organizational Culture with Aila Malik
No matter how you put it, leadership ego is a real adversity every leader has to deal with. Constantly pursuing growth and success can be overwhelming and addictive at times, and it falls upon you to keep this silent enemy in check. Aila Malik, Founder of Venture...
Explore Toxic Leadership Lessons with Nuclear Submariner, Jon Rennie
 Toxic leaders are certainly a pain to deal with, and more so to get out of. But regardless of its challenging aspects, the leadership lessons they impart are indeed noteworthy on all levels. Dr. Kevin Sansberry II sits down with Jon Rennie, Co-Founder, President and...
Examining Grief In The Workplace With J. Nicole Jones
Losing a loved one is truly devastating, and it can undoubtedly mess up your work routine. With this personal subject typically handled poorly by many employers, it is high time to start examining grief in the workplace. Joining Dr. Kevin Sansberry II is author...
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