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How to Manage a Toxic Employee

Harvard Business Review

Include “supporting material” too: formal complaints, relevant information from performance evaluations, such as 360-degree or peer reviews. Managing a toxic person can eat up your time, energy, and productivity. Case Study #1: Give direct feedback and support the rest of the team.

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Who's the Best at Innovating Innovation?

Harvard Business Review

But how many devote the energy and resources it takes to build innovation into the values, processes, and practices that rule everyday activity and behavior? Democratizing Entrepreneurship: Village Capital's Peer Selection Model. Case Coelce — Inspiring Innovation for Traditional Work Environments.