The modern workplace is unrecognizable compared to a decade ago. Remote and hybrid work, rising awareness of psychological safety, and growing legal exposure around workplace conduct have fundamentally changed the rules of leadership. Yet many executives are still managing toxic behaviour the same way they always have; often by looking the other way. According to Lori Apostal — award-winning healthcare executive and co-author New York Times bestselling author Raymond Aaron, that approach is no longer just ineffective. It is expensive.
Research shows that a single toxic employee can cost an organization up to $100,000 per year in lost productivity, absenteeism, and avoidable turnover. Replacing one employee alone can cost between 1.5 and 2 times their annual salary. Left unaddressed, that cost compounds as trust erodes and the organization’s reputation suffers — often publicly.
Slaying the Workplace Bully is the first leadership book of its kind to address workplace bullying exclusively from the executive’s chair. Rather than offering coping strategies for targets, it gives leaders a practical, evidence-based framework for building cultures where that behaviour cannot survive.
“Leaving employees to sort out workplace bullying on their own doesn’t work. It never has. This is a leadership issue to resolve, and it needs a leadership solution.” — Lori Apostal
The book arrives at an inflection point where the costs have never been higher. Organizations navigating return-to-office tension, talent retention challenges, increased scrutiny of workplace culture, and an increasingly demanding workforce face a new reality: employees have more optionsand far less tolerance for toxic environments than at any point in recent history. Looking the other way is no longer a low-risk option.
“Slaying the Workplace Bully is an incredibly insightful leadership guide for building a culture of success, repairing toxic environments, and improving your bottom line sustainably.” — John Assaraf, New York Times Bestselling Author, known as “The Brain Whisperer”
About Lori Apostal
Lori Apostal is an accomplished executive, provincially recognized for her outstanding leadership in strengthening organizations under pressure and creating environments where both people and performance can thrive. Her leadership has been recognized with multiple provincial honours, including the CARNA Award for Nursing Excellence in Administration and the CARNA Centennial Award, which acknowledged 100 nurses whose contributions shaped a century of nursing in Alberta. Drawing on her perspectives as a business executive and healthcare leader, she offers a clear, unflinching view of how toxic behaviour emerges at work, the costs it creates, and the leadership strategies that prevent and correct it.
About Raymond Aaron
Raymond Aaron is one of the world’s top success coaches. He helps people transform their lives and income by teaching them how to tap into their potential. Raymond has travelled the world, delivering over 5,000 speeches on five continents for over 40 years, teaching his unique branding methods, doubling your income, and creating wealth. He’s the author of 146 books, including Branding Small Business For Dummies, Double Your Income Doing What You Love, the New York Times best-seller Chicken Soup for the Parents Soul, and the Canadian best-seller, Chicken Soup for the Canadian Soul. He’s also an avid adventurer, having completed one of the world’s toughest races, Polar Race (a 350 mile month-long foot-race to the Magnetic North Pole at -40˚ hauling a 100-pound sled, dodging polar bears).
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