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In every office, there’s at least one person who intentionally makes everything more difficult than necessary; people who thrive on conflict, stir up drama, and exude negative vibes. They could be a colleague, a client, or even your boss. *Cue Law & Order SVU’s DUN DUN effect*
A big part of being successful in a corporate job is having the skill set to handle these challenging personalities. For this episode of the Surfing Corporate podcast, we talk about the 5 most common difficult work personalities based on the findings by Dr. Judith Orloff, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA, and we give advice on how to best handle each one of them.
Our is guest Richard Borjas, a veteran media executive and Emmy-award winning producer, who’s currently President/CEO of his own production company, Bormont Enterprises. Richard has worked in media for over 25 years, having been VP of production and programming at NBCUniversal responsible for overseeing some of their daytime shows; producer and showrunner for hit unscripted shows like Telemundo’s The Voice and Big Brother, as well as shows for Roku, Facebook Watch, YouTube, and Univision, among others. Richard has had to deal with the egos of celebrities (and their managers, and family members), as well as senior levels executives, and he shares real-life experiences about handling.
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Episode Notes
1:34 Guest introduction
6:17 Discussion about the 5 top difficult personalities
7:02 The Narcissist
10:50 The Passive Aggressive
16:43 The Gossips
21:20 The Anger Addict
24:40 The Guilt Tripper
27:56 Key solutions to handing these personalities
33:13 Corporate Confessions
SOURCES
How To Deal With Difficult People In The Workplace, Forbes
You Can Learn How to Deal With Difficult People at Work
How to Deal with a Boss Who Behaves Unpredictably, HBR
Why gossiping at work is good for you - BBC Worklife
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