Event Date: 10 Dec 2026 10:00 - 12:00

Location: Virtually via MS Teams

Cost: Free for Shareholder councils. Prices available for non-members and Corporate Subscribers

Networking

Join WME Associate Veena Allison to explore why toxic workplace behaviours are often tolerated and how leaders can address them with confidence. Discover practical strategies to recognise harmful patterns, challenge difficult behaviours, and support managers in having honest conversations that lead to healthier teams and stronger organisational cultures.

Most organisations recognise the person whose behaviour everyone notices, but few feel confident enough to address. Sometimes that person is also seen as a strong performer, which can make the situation even harder to challenge. Before long, teams and organisations can find themselves working around the damage rather than dealing with it directly – ‘It’s just Jeff’!

In this practical and thought-provoking session, WME Associate, Veena Allison will explore her toxic superstars thinking. Why difficult and damaging workplace behaviours are often tolerated, the barriers that prevent action, and the part we can all play in helping people move from frustration or avoidance into clearer thinking and constructive action. Drawing on her expertise in employment law, workplace investigations and leadership development, Veena will share practical insights for anyone supporting leaders, managers, teams or individuals through complex workplace dynamics.

Delegates will leave with greater confidence in recognising the patterns that keep people and organisations stuck, together with practical questions and approaches that encourage more honest conversations, better choices and positive action. Free for colleagues from our Shareholder Member Councils and ticketholders from our ‘Pivot’ Coaching and Mentoring Conference. For all other enquiries about access, please contact m.oneill@wmemployers.org.uk