37 - Exposing Toxic Leadership From The Inside - My Journey As A Whistleblower With Gordon Graham The Adaptive Executive podcast

37 - Exposing Toxic Leadership from the Inside - My Journey as a Whistleblower with Gordon Graham

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In this episode, Greg speaks with Gordon Graham, author of "The Intrepid Brotherhood: Public Power, Corruption, and Whistleblowing." Gordon shares his experience as an IT professional at a public utility who witnessed unethical and toxic leadership practices. When he tried to speak up, he faced retaliation and was forced to become a whistleblower.

Key Topics Covered:

Gordon's career background in IT and experience in the public utility industry
The story of how a new executive joined the company with ambitions to become CEO and the chaos he created
Examples of unethical decisions made by this leader, including pushing out other executives and mishandling a major ERP implementation
Gordon's attempts to raise concerns and the retaliation he faced
His journey to becoming a whistleblower and fighting his wrongful termination
Characteristics of toxic leadership based on Gordon's experience and research
The importance of screening for dark triad traits in leaders and preventing toxic leadership

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction to Gordon Graham and his background

5:30 - The new executive joins with ambitions to become CEO

10:00 - Unethical decisions made by the new leader

15:00 - Gordon tries to raise concerns and faces retaliation

20:00 - Becoming a whistleblower and fighting wrongful termination

25:00 - Toxic leadership traits - the dark triad

30:00 - How to prevent toxic leadership

Guest Info:

Gordon Graham is the author of "The Intrepid Brotherhood: Public Power, Corruption, and Whistleblowing." He has decades of experience in IT and as a whistleblower exposing unethical practices. His website: www.intrepidbrotherhood.com

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