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From Toxic Management to Practical Leadership
Role Play
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(429 ratings)
2,310 students

From Toxic Management to Practical Leadership

Recognize toxic management, break harmful patterns, and build practical leadership skills for stronger teams
Role Play
Created bySoufiane El Alaoui
Last updated 3/2026
English
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What you'll learn

  • Recognize toxic management behaviors and workplace dynamics
  • Identify potentially harmful patterns in your own management approach
  • Navigate difficult managers and protect your well-being
  • Adapt your leadership style to different situations
  • Delegate responsibilities effectively
  • Communicate assertively and set clearer expectations
  • Give constructive feedback
  • Develop empathy and emotional intelligence
  • Manage team stress and conflict
  • Motivate and empower team members while building a healthier, more trustworthy working environment

Course content

8 sections • 65 lectures • 4h 24m total length

  • Introduction4:22

    Understand the course's goals and the journey from toxic management to effective leadership.

  • A Short Announcement0:19
  • What is a Leader3:53

    In this session, we define the concept of leadership and its importance in the workplace

  • Defining your Style5:54

    Identify the different leadership styles put forward by Kurt Lewin and their implications.

  • The Degrees of Control7:49

    Understand the levels of control leaders can exert in different situations

  • The Management Continuum0:25

    Explore the management continuum by Tannenbaum and Schmidt, a valuable framework for analysing leadership style

  • The Emotional Leadership Model7:56

    Delve into Daniel Goleman's Emotional Leadership Model and its application

  • A New and Improved Practice4:43

    Discover the principle of servant leadership and its application

  • Finding Balance3:20

    Explore the concept of action-centered leadership (ACL), a popular and influential tool that was first published in 1973 by leadership expert, John Adair

  • Action Centered Leadership0:18
  • Navigating a Team's Development3:30

    Understand how to navigate the stages of team development with Tuckman's model

  • The Tuckman Model0:22
  • Section Wrap-Up0:56

    Leadership requires adapting to individuals, teams, and tasks, guided by situational, emotional, and relational intelligence. Practical tools—delegation, feedback, active listening, and assertiveness—help you advance self-awareness and motivate your team.

  • Foundational Leadership Concepts

Requirements

  • No previous leadership training is required to enroll in this course
  • Be open to a perspective change
  • Download the ebooks included to enhance your learning experience
  • Taking notes is advised for the topics that call for self-reflection

Description

What separates toxic management from effective leadership?


Sometimes the difference is obvious. Sometimes it lies in everyday behaviors: how a manager communicates, delegates, reacts under pressure, gives feedback, handles conflict, or responds when a team member struggles.


And becoming a better leader isn't only about adding new leadership tools. It can also require recognizing behaviors that undermine trust, motivation, or well-being, and learning to stop reproducing them. That is the purpose of this comprehensive course.


We will first examine toxic management and harmful workplace dynamics: how to recognize problematic behaviors, understand different toxic manager profiles, identify their impact, and respond more effectively when you encounter them.


But this first part can also serve as a mirror. If you manage others, understanding toxic management can help you recognize counterproductive behaviors you may have adopted yourself, sometimes without realizing their impact, and begin challenging those patterns.


We will then move from recognition to practical leadership development, exploring the skills and behaviors that can replace them.


Throughout the course, you will learn how to:


  • Recognize toxic management behaviors and workplace dynamics

  • Identify potentially harmful patterns in your own management approach

  • Navigate difficult managers and protect your well-being

  • Adapt your leadership style to different situations

  • Delegate responsibilities effectively

  • Communicate assertively and set clearer expectations

  • Give constructive feedback

  • Develop empathy and emotional intelligence

  • Manage team stress and conflict

  • Motivate and empower different team members

  • Build a healthier and more trustworthy working environment


In other words, this course tackles both sides of becoming a more effective leader: understanding and dropping the behaviors that can make management harmful, and developing the practical leadership skills that can replace them.


Whether you are currently leading others, preparing for a leadership role, dealing with difficult management yourself, working in HR, or simply want to better understand both sides of the manager–employee relationship, this course offers a comprehensive approach to healthier and more effective leadership.


The course includes videos, practical tools, exercises, and downloadable resources that you can work through at your own pace.


See you in the first video!


Important: This comprehensive course combines content also available separately in Toxic Managers: How to Navigate Abusive Work Environments and Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide. If you are already enrolled in either course, some material will overlap. If you own both, you already have the core content included here.


Credits:

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Song: Sappheiros - Embrace

Who this course is for:

  • Managers and team leaders who want to recognize harmful management patterns and develop healthier leadership practices
  • Managers who suspect some of their current habits may be negatively affecting their team and want to change them
  • New and aspiring managers looking for a comprehensive introduction to both toxic management and effective leadership
  • Professionals who have experienced poor management and want to avoid reproducing those behaviors when leading others
  • Managers who want practical skills in delegation, feedback, assertive communication, motivation, conflict management, and emotional intelligence
  • HR and L&D professionals interested in both identifying toxic workplace dynamics and supporting stronger leadership practices
  • Entrepreneurs and business owners who want to create healthier, more productive working environments
  • Learners looking for one comprehensive course covering both harmful management patterns and the practical skills of effective leadership

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