Intimidating colleagues can make your workday uncomfortable. Free your mind to focus on achieving the objectives that are in your best interest. What Makes Someone an Intimidator? Intimidators gain ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the best predictors of your happiness at work is whether you have colleagues that you are close with. You don’t necessarily need to be friends with your colleagues—that is, you may not want to ...

a woman sitting behind a desk, appearing stressed or overwhelmed. She is holding her head with her hands, conveying a sense of pressure and fatigue. Surrounding her are several hands, each holding ...

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

Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

By allowing yourself to feel what you’re feeling, you can avoid the common trap of amplifying the difficulties of grief by ...

Recognition and validation are what keep employees going—especially for individuals who are career-focused and motivated to grow professionally. But things can take a turn for the worse when a ...