Toxic leadership styles are increasingly popular among school leaders, as they deliver quick results and are more effective than other leadership styles. For example, leaders could use teachers and students to spread false information about a staff member or remove teaching materials from the classroom that the leader is targeting. The most popular style is lesson observations, which can happen without warning and result in bad reports. Such observations became a "weapon" against teachers and a way of manipulating and managing staff. Cultures of some countries have a significant impact on the level of toxicity.

As mentioned, the only way to avoid toxic leadership is to leave the school or accept all the poisonous leader's activities. The formula is "leave or die". The options of this formula include "Stay until the first payment and Run away without informing the school.

Another task of avoiding toxic leaders is investigating the school culture and practices before accepting the job. The ways include reading school reviews and reports, and questioning former colleagues about the school.

Every school has its features in every country. There are good schools and slowly improving schools and even "Dead culture schools". Accepting a job because the school is in the country you would like to visit is not the best strategy. I agree with the comment that "Life is too short to waste a few years working at a school you would not like". Of course, the country is essential and influences the school's culture and atmosphere, but there are particular features you should pay attention to, and the key one is its leadership. We should not expect that leaders would be supportive and polite.
In most cases, leaders are toxic and make teachers' lives hell. There are other factors to pay attention. The most important thing is how to recognise them from home, rather than visiting the school when deciding whether to accept a job. One of them is reading school reviews.