Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses

Dr. Teresa A. Daniel serves as Dean and Professor-Human Resource Leadership Programs at Sullivan University based in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

She has a significant body of research in human resource management (HR) with an emphasis on two primary areas of inquiry: counterproductive work behaviors (focused on workplace bullying, sexual harassment, and toxic leadership), and HR's unique role and its impact on organizational effectiveness (primarily in the management of toxic workplace emotions, responding to situations of workplace bullying and harassment, dealing with toxic leaders, building positive work cultures, and the management of people during mergers and acquisitions). She provides consulting services focused on these topics at InterConnections LLC.

Dr. Daniel's research has been actively supported by the national Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) through the publication of numerous articles, interviews, and books. Her newest work is Organizational Toxin Handlers: The Critical Role of HR, OD, and Coaching Practitioners in Managing Toxic Workplace Situations (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). She is also the co-author of two books with Dr. Gary Metcalf titled Stop Bullying at Work: Strategies and Tools for HR, Legal & Risk Management Professionals (SHRM, 2016) and The Management of People in Mergers & Acquisitions (Quorum Books, 2001).

She was honored as an Initial Fellow of the International Academy on Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Abuse in 2014 and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award at Centre College in 2002. Most recently, she was the 2019 Grand Prize Winner of the national SHRM HR Haiku contest.

Drawing on years of research and experience in the fields of HR management and employment law, Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses provides practical strategies that organizational leaders, HR practitioners, and workplace coaches can take to keep high performers on track, address problems should they arise, and prevent toxicity from occurring in the first place.



Lynn Harrison, PhD, Master Certified Coach, Coaching Supervisor (and total fan of Teri Daniel)



Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High Performers on Track offers helpful and much needed guidance to identify and eliminate the toxic leaders that drive away employees and ruin workplaces cultures.



Ellen Pinkos Cobb, Attorney & Author of Managing Psychosocial Hazards and Work-Related Stress in Today's Work Environment



Toxic and bullying leaders permeate all sectors and organizations, causing billions in lost employee productivity, absenteeism and turnover. In Toxic Leaders and Tough Bosses: Organizational Guardrails to Keep High-Performers on Track. Dr. Teresa Daniel delivers a rare achievement: a book that provides background, context and actionable guidance for C-Suite leaders, HR professionals, and supervisors who wish to be tough--effective, yet kind--leaders. Dr. Daniel even provides guidance and recommendations for employees suffering currently under toxic and bullying supervisors. Meticulously referenced with current and relevant research, this book is an authoritative guide and resource for both practitioners and scholars of leadership and human resources.



Anthony A. Piña, Ed.D., Chief Online Learning Officer, Illinois State University, Editor: Lessons in Leadership in the Field of Educational Technology and Leading and Managing e-Learning: What the e-Learning Leader Needs to Know