I'm the First Person That Doesn't Like Being Trapped, Right?

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Find an ally. Find someone who's in that meeting who also will notice when this person says something rude or dismissive to you or ignores you, and can be your ally so that you're not the on y person noticing these things and speaking up for yourself. There is safety in numbers. There's power in numbers. And i think that certainly will apply some important peer pressure for her to behave a bit differently. Yes. I never thought of it like that. So if she realizes that many of you are taking notice of that behaviour and pushing back,. You're putting her on notice that this behaviour is not going to be tolerated, that other people are going to call it out. Li have

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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