title: Take the civility challenge: how partnership practices can turn toxic workplaces terrific.
abstract: Terrific or toxic? If your workplace is like that of 90% of the nurse educators surveyed by the author, conflicted interactions with colleagues and administrators are draining your joy. This article shares 2 exemplars that illustrate how mutually beneficial partnerships between faculty colleagues turned toxic workplaces terrific. After a hands-on introduction to a set of evidence-based partnership practices, you will be ready to take the civility challenge by negotiating conscious and contracted collaborations that can turn your workplace terrific, 1 partnership at a time.
authors.affiliation: KTH Consulting, Guilford, Connecticut 06437, USA. drkth@att.net
authors.forename: Kathleen T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017008:Negotiating; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology