At some point, almost everyone will have to work with a difficult person. Maybe it’s someone who isn’t meeting their deadlines, isn’t living up to their responsibilities, or has an abrasive ...

Research shows that a shocking 80% of employees say their workplace is toxic. Here's how to deal with toxic people in the ...

Executive coach and author Nick Robinson illuminates the challenging traits of work colleagues and shares strategies from his book — The 9 Types of Difficult People: How to Spot Them and Quickly ...

When a conversation feels difficult, don’t start with emotion; start with observation. Borrow a trick from military ...

Work is bad enough without having to deal with the inevitable encounters with negative people who sap your energy and block productivity. Research from Michigan State University shows that ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. When I began studying how workplace culture impacts ...

It’s safe to say that dealing with a difficult boss is a pretty universal experience. Recently, three out of four employees said their boss is the most stressful part of their job. The numbers speak ...

Are you dealing with a challenging person at work, at home, or in another part of your life? It’s easy to let an unreasonable individual affect us and ruin our day. What are some of the keys to ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. By Krish Chopra It was 11 p.m. on a Thursday when my phone rang—again. Another nurse practitioner student was overwhelmed and panicked ...

Is there someone in your life who always seems to take things in the most negative way possible? Who is emotionally unpredictable? Who seems unable to compromise and consider other people's needs? Do ...

We have all met people who are so prickly and difficult that no one wants to handle them. But it has taken these contentious times to make this a common occurrence. Divisiveness makes normal ...