Toxic employees can also be brilliant employees, but even if their results are brilliant, behaviour such as gossip and undermining others can bring down whole teams as toxicity spreads. The consequences can be disastrous, as the Hong Kong procurement and supply chain sector relies on productivity and teams which can collaborate to quickly find solutions.
As a team leader, it is your responsibility to acknowledge what is happening within your team and politely remind a toxic employee that they need to raise their standard of behaviour to meet your expectations from your team.
Use this guide to help identify, document and correct disruptive behaviours from the toxic employee in your team.