The Infourge Compendium
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About the Author
Max Palomeque
MBA
Former FBI Agent
Certified Leadership Coach
Crafting leadership at the highest level.
As a trusted coach and educator for the FBI, Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, and Georgetown University, among many others, Max has facilitated and inspired leadership development in the private and governmental sectors. He has captivated audiences as a public speaker and lecturer, taking his highly-researched approach across the globe to Europe, Australia, and nationwide in the United States. Max is a proud and distinguished veteran after serving as an intelligence officer, and a respected former FBI agent specializing in human intelligence.
Excerpt
Toxic Positivity
The term Toxic Positivity describes the excessive or inappropriate use of well-intentioned positivity which avoids, rejects, suppresses, invalidates, or minimizes a person’s negative emotions or experiences. As grief expert David Kessler says, “Toxic positivity is positivity given in the wrong way, in the wrong dose, at the wrong time.
The sources of toxic positivity vary, but some of the most common reasons a person engages in toxic positivity may include anxiety or discomfort stemming from another person’s pain, a lack of social skills to deal with a person’s negative feelings, low empathy for the person, or a general lack of awareness of how to handle or support a person experiencing intense negative feelings.
Selected Topics
featured in The Compendium
Bias
How and why we experience prejudices about ourselves and others.
Conflict
How and why people come into conflict with each other and how to seek resolution.
Decision-Making
Methodical approaches to making decisions of varying levels of difficulty.
Employee Engagement
Variables that can influence an individual’s level of enthusiasm and commitment to others and the organization.
Leadership
Dozens of frameworks to help us explore different styles of leadership and the situations in which some styles may work better than others.
Problem-Solving
Methodical approaches solving problems of varying levels of difficulty.