Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

We all have people with whom we struggle, problematic people who seem to drain us of our energies, rub us the wrong way, poke, provoke, frustrate or trigger us. What’s really happening when we find ...

Are you dealing with a challenging person at work, at home, or in another part of your life? It’s easy to let an unreasonable individual affect us and ruin our day. What are some of the keys to ...

Executive coach and author Nick Robinson illuminates the challenging traits of work colleagues and shares strategies from his book — The 9 Types of Difficult People: How to Spot Them and Quickly ...

At some point, almost everyone will have to work with a difficult person. Maybe it’s someone who isn’t meeting their deadlines, isn’t living up to their responsibilities, or has an abrasive ...

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The turbulence started just as Erin opened her laptop. A founder-turned-podcast-host, she’d been traveling for weeks—sponsorship meetings, recordings, partner dinners. Now, somewhere over the Midwest, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. I've been working with "Renata," a senior strategic leader who is well thought of in her ...

In the grand tapestry of human interaction, we're bound to bump into challenging personalities. There's a big difference, though, between someone having a bad day and someone who consistently operates ...

Work is bad enough without having to deal with the inevitable encounters with negative people who sap your energy and block productivity. Research from Michigan State University shows that ...

Research shows that a shocking 80% of employees say their workplace is toxic. Here's how to deal with toxic people in the ...