Headflex

Ep 40: How to Deal with Toxic Harmony at Work

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Is harmony in teams always a good thing, or can it hold you back? In this episode of Headflex, co-hosts Rebecca Walker and Diane Williams question the assumption that calm, comfortable, conflict-free environments foster high performance.

They unpack why surface-level “harmony” can be misleading: when teams default to politeness, avoid challenge, and mask disagreement, they risk becoming stuck,…