Executive Summary • Saboteurs quietly undermine trust and accountability. • Focusing only on the individual rarely solves the problem. • Patterns of deflection and disruption reveal the issue. • Strong team norms expose and neutralize toxic behavior. • Culture is the leader’s most powerful corrective tool. What is a Saboteur? It’s important to point out
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