Difficult People
Humor is a vital part of camaraderie in the workplace. But sometimes jokes are at someone else’s expense. If you’re wondering what to do when a joke-teller risks hurting someone to get a laugh, try one of the responses suggested by humor expert David M. Jacobson of Humor Horizons.
It’s easy to get caught in gossip, even for managers. You know you should it, but how should you do it? Lori Palatnik and Bob Burg, authors of Gossip, offer three useful options.
A study published in the journal Discourse Processes identified common signs that someone is lying through observations of an experiment where participants were instructed to lie blatantly, lie by omission or tell the truth.
Everybody has that one person who loves to knock you down a peg. Here’s how you deal with the problem.
Some days it seems everyone is in a bad mood. Or maybe it’s just you. If you’re getting into more than your share of altercations, perhaps you need to work on one or more of these issues.
In our professional environments, it’s not always possible or acceptable to express natural emotions like anger or resentment. Here are some ways of dealing with a passive-aggressive colleague.
A chilling tale for Halloween.
Here are tips from the personal safety experts at Krav Maga Worldwide that can help shut down uncomfortable situations.
A co-worker asks you a way-too-personal question. Here’s how to respond.
What should you do if you are asked for a favor you cannot comfortably grant? Here are some approaches that can help deal with the request in a way that is both appropriate and comfortable.
If you’re unhappy with a co-worker’s behavior and aren’t sure whether reporting the person would be telling or tattling, ask yourself these four questions.
When a co-worker launches into an extended monologue or otherwise just won’t come up for air, follow this advice.
You want to be a team player, but what if your co-worker walks into your workstation or shoots you an email demanding that you do something? If the person doesn’t have the authority to tell you what to do, take this advice.
