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Green  \nGeorgia Southern University  \nWhile research on the traits and skills of effective leaders is plentiful, only recently has the phenomenon of toxic leadership begun to be investigated. This research report focuses on toxic leadership in educational organizations – its prevalence, as well as the characteristics and early indicators. Using mixed methods, the study found four patterns that describe toxic leaders: egotism, ethical failure, incompetence, and neuroticism. In addition, results identified a set of behaviors that suggest early warning signs of toxic leadership. In addition, recommendations include training personnel who participate in the search and selection process for leaders in schools, colleges, and universities so that they are better equipped to assess leadership potential, as well as the potential for toxic leadership.  \nIntroduction  \nLeadership matters. History is graced with examples of transformative leaders – leaders who elevated the aspirations of their followers, inspired their vision, and harnessed their collective will to achieve common goals that would have otherwise been unattainable. Gardner and Laskin (2011) provided profiles of exemplary leadership by persons operating in very different fields of endeavor and by employing very different means of influence. However, history is also replete with examples of leaders who have inflicted unspeakable harm on their nations, their companies, their churches, or their schools. The global financial meltdown of 2008 is grist for gripping case studies on failed leadership in both the political and business arenas (George, 2008); and, the horrific child abuse scandals in churches (Bruni, 2013) and systemic cheating on standardized tests by school districts (Wineri, 2013) offer yet more, albeit in different types of organizations. Indeed, leadership matters.  \nThis study explores the phenomenon of toxic leadership – leadership that causes, either abruptly or gradually, systemic harm to the health of an organization, impairing the organization from meeting its mission. In particular, the investigation focused on toxic leadership in educational organizations. The researcher employed mixed methods to determine the prevalence of toxic leadership in schools, colleges, and universities, as well as to describe the characteristics of toxic leaders. Finally, the researcher sought to identify early indicators of toxic leaders.  \nWhat We Know about Toxic Leadership  \nRecent and detailed documentation of abusive behavior by leaders in nearly all types of large organizations, from businesses to political states to churches, has led social  \nscientists to begin to study leadership from a different perspective – the dark side (Goldman, 2009; Kellerman, 2004; Kets de Vries, 1984; Hogan & Hogan, 2001; LipmanBlumen, 2005; Williams, 2005) . Of course, dramatists and novelists have always been aware of the effects of bad leaders. From Sophocles’Creon to William Shakespeare’s Richard III to Herman Melville’s Captain Ahab, we have been given insight into leaders who led (or pushed) others to their destruction. Whereas the last half century has seen an explosion of research on the traits, skills, and styles of effective leaders (Northouse, 2010), only within the last two decades have researchers tried to describe and understand the behavior of toxic leaders. In the review of literature that ensues, toxic leadership is defined and the various types of toxic leaders are discussed. In addition, research on why organizations continue to have to deal with toxic leadership is reviewed.  \nToxic Leadership Defined  \nThe term “toxic leader” first appeared in 1996 (Wicker, 1996), but as yet no standard definition of toxic leadership exists. Indeed, a variety of terms that refer to the same phenomenon can be found in the literature. Kellerman (2004) uses “bad leadership,”while others (Padilla, Hogan, & Kaiser, 2007) use the term “des","cbCairetfECsKBvx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairetfECsKBvx","pdf",204862,16,"English","# Introduction\n## Toxic Leadership Defined\n## What We Know about Toxic Leadership","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the study on toxic leadership?\",\"answer\":\"The study examines toxic leadership in educational organizations, including its prevalence and the characteristics and early indicators of toxic leaders.\"},{\"question\":\"What patterns describe toxic leaders in the findings?\",\"answer\":\"The research identifies four patterns: egotism, ethical failure, incompetence, and neuroticism.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document suggest reducing the risk of toxic leadership?\",\"answer\":\"It recommends training personnel who participate in the search and selection of leaders in schools, colleges, and universities to better assess leadership potential and toxic-leadership risk.\"}]","Toxic Leadership in Educational Organizations | PDF",1792093338]