Why every manager should have trauma literacy

People don’t leave jobs; they leave managers and cultures that make thriving impossible. Trauma literacy could help bridging that gap.

A decade ago, fresh out of business school, I joined a tech company in my first business development role in Singapore. Within the first quarter, I had closed two quarters’ worth of sales targets. But the environment was abusive. The CEO yelled regularly. Personal and sexist remarks were common, on body, appearance, even what women ate or wore.