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There's a pressing need for a shake-up in senior management. The work environment has become incredibly toxic, a situation I've never encountered to this magnitude before. Regrettably, this toxicity pervades both within and between departments, with anyone seeking to enact positive changes being sidelined or pushed out. Competent individuals with genuine aspirations for improvement have been forced out repeatedly, while submissive middle management is retained, maintaining the status quo. It's surprising that they can still attract new staff under these circumstances.

Very toxic working environment. As long as the president Tom Briody is there attrition will continue to be high. He does not trust his key senior leaders to do the job they love despite their commitment to the organization. He has fired or pushed out many great leaders. Instead, he relies on gossip, lacks the very basics of good management including how to conduct a fair evaluation, and treats males and females differently. His lack of trust, inability to gauge risk, and unapproachable and intimating attitude trickles down to other levels of management like a cancer, creating a finger-pointing and siloed working environment. It’s unfortunate because the organization has much potential but will never truly be a great place to work until he exits.