E96 – Toxic Leadership featuring Marika Messager

How are we doing? Send us a message and let us know what content had impact, and what content may have missed the mark, and why.I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.  Subscribe to Trench Leadership on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Toxic Leadership. It’s a disease that destroys teams with a ruthless efficiency, often happening before anyone even realizes the damage has been done.So how do we avoid toxic leadership? How can we ensure we aren’t the toxic leader? And what do we do if we find ourselves and our teams in an environment where the leader is toxic in nature? In this episode, you’ll hear from Marika Messager, a consciousness researcher, who will define toxic leadership and help us recognize when we are in a toxic team, with a toxic leader.  Marika will also offer advice to countering a toxic leader help ensure we don’t become the toxic leader. Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #7 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2023. Marika’s Episode Links:1. website: https://consciousleadership.org/2. Podcast guest episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conscious-leadership-create-a-conscious-world/id1590870145?i=10006042875753. Podcast guest episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/91-what-conscious-leadership-means-and-why-it-matters/id1497554597?i=10005333207554. Podcast guest episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/learning-rewired-04-conscious-leadership-with-marika/id1489528648?i=1000554100705 Marika’s Recommended Book/Movie List:Books:1. Conscious Capitalism- John Mackey and Raj Sisodia2. The Intuitive Body Discovering the Wisdom of Conscious Embodiment and Aikido- Wendy Palmer Videos:1. TED Talk My Stroke of Insight- Jill Boyte Taylor 2. TED Talk A Call to Men- Tony Porter 3. TED Talk How Great Leaders Inspire- Simon SinekSupport the showTrench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025.Connect to Trench Leadership:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowATrench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.caLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=trueAre you looking for a podcast editor/producer? Do you enjoy the quality of the show? The editor of Trench Leadership, Jennifer Lee, is taking new clients. Reach out at https://www.itsalegitbusiness.com.Reviews are the best way for the show to know what is working, what needs improvement, and what to talk about in the future. If you have a topic that you're passionate to hear more about, feel free to reach out at [email protected] to connect and share your ideas.