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2-Hour Virtual Seminar on Dealing with a Toxic Boss: Practical Strategies to Protect Yourself and Your Career
March 5, 2026
11:00 AM PST | 02:00 PM EST
2 Hours
39515
Group Attendees: Any number of participants
Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
A toxic boss can drain your confidence, stall your career, and turn even a great job into a daily source of stress.
In this practical, experience-based webinar, you’ll learn how to recognize toxic leadership behaviors, protect your professional reputation, and regain control over your work life without burning bridges or putting your job at risk.Designed for professionals at all levels, this session goes beyond theory to provide realistic strategies you can apply immediately. Whether you are navigating micromanagement, intimidation, favoritism, or constant criticism, you will leave with clear tools, decision frameworks, and confidence to safeguard your well-being and your career trajectory.
Why You Should Attend:
- Identify the most common signs and behaviors of a toxic boss or manager
- Understand the personal, professional, and organizational impact of toxic leadership
- Learn practical strategies to protect your credibility, performance record, and mental well-being
- Develop effective communication and boundary-setting techniques when dealing with difficult leaders
- Know when and how to document issues, escalate concerns, or involve HR appropriately
- Evaluate your options and make informed decisions about staying, transferring, or exiting
- Build resilience and career momentum even in a challenging work environment
Would it help to learn practical strategies to protect your credibility, performance record and mental well-bring?
How about building resilience and career momentum - even in a challenging work environment?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany leads us through answering these important questions and improving performance!
Areas Covered in the Session:
- What Defines a Toxic Boss vs. a Difficult or Demanding Manager
- Common Toxic Leadership Behaviors: Micromanagement, Gaslighting, Bullying, and Favoritism
- Early Warning Signs and Red Flags You Should Not Ignore
- How Toxic Bosses Impact Performance, Engagement, and Career Growth
- Practical Strategies to Protect Yourself and Your Professional Reputation
- Setting Boundaries and Communicating Effectively Under Pressure
- Documentation Best Practices: What to Track and Why It Matters
- Working with HR: When, How, and What to Expect
- Managing Stress, Confidence, and Emotional Resilience
- Decision Frameworks: Fix, Tolerate, Escalate, or Exit
- Rebuilding Confidence and Positioning Yourself for Future Success
Who Will Benefit:
- All
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
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