How do workplaces turn toxic and what can be done to fix them?

A good workplace, according to workplace psychologist Tasha Broomhall, is one where we can “come to work, participate fully, be our authentic self and not have to … feel psychologically unsafe at work”.

By contrast, a toxic workplace has a host of red flags, Professor Gary Martin, chief executive at the Australian Institute of Management WA, told Geoff Hutchison on ABC Radio Perth.

He said one of the first signs of a potentially problematic workplace is high staff turnover.