Is She Feeling Defensive or Threatened?

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Sandy iknow i would say i never done these, only because when we got into this mordrit, this dynamic, she started attacking my work. Now, it's never fun to want to stroke someone's ego, especially someone who's beeng rude to you, but we do know that flattery often sometimes soothes that response. Con yreassuring, i love what you've done with this system. I'm indebted to you. And if organization is indebted to you for the work you've done, i know you'll continue to be the point person here. But every time i tried to please her, it was some slippand comment that would kick me

Say someone on your team who had previously been friendly turns on you and is now making your life miserable and collaboration nearly impossible. Maybe they won’t respond to your emails or even look you in the eye?

This is the distressing situation that “Cindy,” a listener of Conferences for Women’s Women Amplified podcast, found herself in. Host Celeste Headlee, invited Amy Gallo on to help give Cindy advice as part of the show’s series “That’s a Good Question.” Cindy talks to Celeste and Amy about how she doesn’t even know what’s causing the tension. She can’t get answers from her colleague and doesn’t know how to continue working with someone who’s being so difficult.

The approaches that come out of the conversation are ones that anyone facing tension in a work relationship can use to find a way forward.

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