S1 E6 · Practice Guide
The Accountability Audit
Free companion workbook · Why Toxic Leaders Get Promoted
When you reward someone who leaves a wake of bodies behind them, you're not just making a hiring mistake — you're signalling to everyone watching that the 'how' doesn't actually matter. This guide is the companion to S1 E6 of Brave Proximity, where Marissa Green and Susan Page expose the secret promotion cycle that keeps toxic high-performers rising and Silent Heroes burning out. Use it to name what's happening and decide what to do about it.
What’s inside
The Scorecard Check
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Is your organisation measuring what people produce or how they produce it? A diagnostic to identify whether your promotion criteria is rewarding results at the expense of everyone around them.
The Wake-of-Bodies Assessment
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Three questions to honestly evaluate whether someone in your team or organisation is leaving a cultural casualty trail — and whether that trail is being addressed or quietly ignored.
The Silent Hero Inventory
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Who are the people holding your culture together while someone else gets the credit and the title? A canvas for making their invisible contribution visible — before they make the decision to take it elsewhere.
The Accountability Script
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Language for having the conversation about the 'how' — not just the 'what' — with a high-performer whose results are real but whose impact on people around them is not.