Why The Most Difficult Person In The Room Is Often Right

A difficult colleague may be a warning signal, not the problem. Learn how you can read persistent friction as data about ...
Fast Company

5 science-backed tactics to help you work with difficult people

A common theme in my work with clients is their complaints about the people they can’t relate to and don’t want to work with. I understand why. When we face people we perceive as being “difficult” to ...
Essence

The Right Way To Have Difficult Conversations With Your Partner

We likely all have a fairytale love we saw on TV that we admired and hoped to experience one day. One thing that we often forget is that even the couples in these “perfect” love stories had some sort ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Difficult Dialogue Event Series

Difficult Dialogue events are panel conversations hosted by CU Boulder's Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) that bring together people to discuss challenging issues from their own perspectives.
Forbes

Gen-Z Is Labeled As ‘Difficult’ In The Workplace, But There’s More To The Story

Seventy-four percent of managers and business leaders reported that they find Gen-Z more difficult to work with than other generations. Generation-Z is facing tough challenges in the job market. Many ...
JournalofAccountancy

3 types of difficult people — and how to work better with them

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 ...
Cal Alumni Association

Seven Ways to Shift Your Difficult Emotions

There are times when my emotions really get in my way. When I perform on stage, fear of failure makes my heart race and throat clench. Or when a friend says something hurtful to me, I can’t stop ...
Observer

The Art of the Hard Talk: Mastering the Conversations That Decide Careers

This Q&A is part of Observer’s Expert Insights series, where industry leaders, innovators and strategists distill years of experience into direct, practical takeaways and deliver clarity on the issues ...
Psychology Today

Preparing for and Handling Difficult Conversations at Work

Not many people like having difficult conversations. Yet, the reality is that, as leaders, we must be willing to sit with the difficult feelings involved and engage in hard conversations. From ...
Entrepreneur

Tough Conversations With Clients — We’ve All Had Them. Here’s How to Handle Them More Effectively.

Difficult conversations about performance should not be the norm for any business, but sometimes they are unavoidable. Here’s how to navigate them successfully. Tackling difficult conversations with ...
The Conversation

‘Difficult’ children are only slightly more likely to have insecure attachments with parents

Carlo Schuengel receives funding from the NIH, the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), and the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Or Dagan does not work for, consult, own ...