Learn how to deal with difficult colleagues and clients. At the heart of dealing with difficult people is handling their--and your own--emotions. How do you stay calm in a tough conversation? How do you stay unruffled in the face of passive-aggressive comments? And how do you know if you're difficult to work with? This book explains the research behind our emotional response to awful colleagues and shows how to build the empathy and resilience to make those relationships more productive. Books in this series are based on the work of experts including: Daniel Goleman Tony Schwartz Nick Morgan Daniel Gilbert This collection of articles includes "To Resolve a Conflict, First Decide: Is It Hot or Cold?" by Mark Gerzon; "Taking the Stress Out of Stressful Conversations," by Holly Weeks; "The Secret to Dealing with Difficult People: It's About You," by Tony Schwartz; "How to Deal with a Mean Colleague," by Amy Gallo; "How To Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Colleague," by Amy Gallo; "How to Work with Someone Who's Always Stressed Out," by Rebecca Knight; "How to Manage Someone Who Thinks Everything Is Urgent," by Liz Kislik; and "Do You Hate Your Boss?" by Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries. HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
... Shelley Duval and Robert A. Wicklund, “Effects of Objective Self-Awareness on Attribution of Causality,” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 9, no. 1 (January 1973): 17– 31. 7. Erich C. Dierdorff and Robert S. Rubin, ...
Code. That. Stalls. People. of. Color. By Sylvia Ann Hewlett It's a topic that corporations once routinely ignored, then dismissed, and are only now beginning to discuss: the dearth of professionals of color in senior positions.
This book will help you to: Understand what makes difficult people tick and how best to handle them Learn ways to confidently stand up to others and resist the urge to attack back Develop strategies to calmly navigate emotionally-charged ...
Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
In Getting Along, workplace expert and Harvard Business Review podcast host Amy Gallo identifies eight familiar types of difficult coworkers—the insecure boss, the passive-aggressive peer, the know-it-all, the biased coworker, and ...
Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
By Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer What is the best way to drive innovative work inside organizations? ... The Double Helix, James Watson's 1968 memoir about discovering the structure of DNA, describes the roller coaster of ...
Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.
Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman, Ellen Langer, Christina Congleton, Annie McKee. article are expanded in McKee's latest book, How to Be Happy at Work, forthcoming from Harvard Business Review Press.