Is Your Company Culture Silently Toxic? | Mistakes You’re Making & How To Fix Them (Sarah Mitial)

Founder Talk with Alex Sheridan · Feb 20, 2026 · 1h 2m · transcript

When a company culture goes quietly toxic, founders usually don’t see it in the metrics first. They see it in silence.

In this episode, Alex Sheridan sits down with Sarah Mitial of People Architecture Group to break down what “toxic” actually looks like inside growing companies—and what leaders can do before it turns into churn, distrust, and stalled execution.

Sarah brings 19+ years across the full HR spectrum (with deep focus on talent acquisition, talent development, and onboarding), plus experience across both profit and non-profit organisations, and her core argument is simple: retention…