The author worked with someone who had a big personality and a very difficult personality. She never lost the opportunity to belittle my ideas and undermine me. I probably would have tried maybe to call her out a little bit on the behavior but she was scary. Sometimes you do actually just have to learn to set boundaries so that they don't continue to hurt your career or reputation.
To cap off our Getting Along series (see the last four episodes in our feed if you missed them), Amy Gallo offers advice, in front of a live audience, on how to deal with “difficult” colleagues. She talks with Amy Bernstein about the different types of difficult coworkers (from the tormentor to the know-it-all) and then answers questions from several members of the audience about the specific situations they’re facing. If you’re navigating a tough work relationship right now and don’t know how to turn things around, this episode is for you.
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