𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘃 𝗕𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗷 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗿𝗶 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝘂𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰

According to a recent study, 78% of employees in India experience some form of job burnout, which is caused due to work-related stress leading to physical and emotional exhaustion.

Which is exactly why 𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰: 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁, the latest book by 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐢 𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐢 couldn’t be more timely. An audience of over 150 business leaders, entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, Rotary members and readers gathered at the Poona Club, Pune, for the launch. The event featured an engaging conversation between Dr. Batra and 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘃 𝗕𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗷, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗷 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼, on the growing impact of toxicity in modern workplaces and the urgent need for healthier, more conscious leadership.

Addressing the audience, Rajiv Bajaj spoke about the responsibility of leaders to create environments that enable people to thrive rather than merely perform.

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚. 𝙏𝙤𝙭𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝, 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨. 𝘼𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨—𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨.”

Culture is no longer a “soft” issue. It is a business imperative.

Companies that build trust, psychological safety and healthier workplaces won’t just retain better talent.

They’ll build stronger businesses.

At The Sunflower Seeds, we believe books are catalysts for conversations that challenge assumptions and inspire action.

Toxic is exactly that kind of book.

One question before you scroll: If your team could describe your workplace culture in just one word, what would it be?