Are You an @$$HOLE Boss?

Micro Negativity in Leadership: Exposing the Subtle yet Toxic Leadership Behaviors

by Crystal M. Tenney

Are You an @$$HOLE Boss?
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Are You an @$$HOLE Boss?

Micro Negativity in Leadership: Exposing the Subtle yet Toxic Leadership Behaviors

by Crystal M. Tenney

Published Jul 31, 2025
405 Pages
6 x 9 Black & White Paperback
Genre: EDUCATION / Leadership


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Book Details

This Book Combines Neuroscience and Psychology, Offering Powerful Strategies for Immediate Change and Long-Term Success. It’s Your Essential Guide to Revolutionizing Leadership Effectiveness!

You’ve achieved success, hit targets, rallied your troops, steered through crises, and inspired your team—yet something still feels off. Small slights, offhand comments, and hidden habits are stealthily corroding trust, igniting stress, and suffocating your team’s creativity. It’s not about dramatic blow-ups or iron-fisted rule—it’s about the subtle, science-backed behaviors of micro-negativity hiding in plain sight.

In Are You an @$$HOLE Boss you’ll find:
• Radical Self-Awareness: Pinpoint the invisible behaviors that betray your best intentions—before your top performers quietly quit or slip away.
• Brain Hack Breakthroughs: Understand exactly how tiny upsets hijack your team’s stress centers, trigger cortisol floods, and derail motivation at the synapse level.
• Instant Impact Tactics: Master neuroscience-proven, ready-to-use strategies today to halt toxic patterns, restore psychological safety, and reignite engagement.
• Transformation Practices: Build sustainable, empathy-driven habits that rewire your leadership brain for resilience, collaboration, and breakthrough performance—delivering a 20% productivity surge and 40% retention boost.

This isn’t another cookie-cutter checklist telling you how to “fit” into a leadership mold. It’s your very own blueprint, brimming with actionable, research-backed solutions. So, are you ready to stop undermining your own success and start elevating your team? Let’s begin the most impactful leadership journey of your life. Your team—and your future—depend on it!

 

About the Author

Crystal M. Tenney

Crystal M. Tenney holds certifications in Non-Clinical Psychology, Non-Clinical Therapist, Neuroscience Coach, Executive Coach, and Business Consultant. She is a transformational force in the world of modern leadership. As founder of the STRATOVANCE LLC Leadership Intelligence Institute, she empowers ambitious professionals to evolve beyond outdated leadership habits and step into a higher level of influence, integrity, and impact. Her work bridges the gap between how leaders think they’re showing up—and how they’re actually experienced. With a distinct blend of neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and practical transformation, Crystal is redefining what it means to lead well in today’s world. Her mission is clear: to shape leaders who don’t just rise in position, but rise in purpose.

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