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    Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work
    Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work
    Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work
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    Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work

    By Colin S. Smith

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    Wouldn't it be nice if you could get through your work day without ever encountering difficult personalities? Unfortunately, we can't usually pick our coworkers or our customers, which means at some point you're bound to find yourself in difficult relationships with people who are hard to deal with. 

    While you can't change difficult people, you can learn to communicate effectively and to diffuse interpersonal conflict before it starts. 

    “Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work” will give you the skills you need to deal with difficult people at work and provide you with the tools you need to overcome the obstacles to working with challenging people. 

    Written by an expert in interpersonal relationships, “Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work” is an easy-to-read guide that makes dealing with difficult people at work much easier whether the people in question are coworkers, supervisors or customers. 

    This book covers a broad range of topics and will: 

    • Teach you how to deal with difficult conversations to avoid conflict and resolve differences productively 

    • Improve your communication skills at work, so that you can get your point across to difficult people and gain understanding of their points of view 

    • Give you strategies for dealing with anger and stress to make coping with difficult people easier and ensure that you don't lose your cool 

    • Provide insight into the types of personalities that you're likely to encounter with difficult people at work 

    • Supply you with tools that you can use to resolve conflict when it does arise 

    The knowledge, insight, skills and tools you'll gain from, “Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work” will help you in your current role at work and with coping with difficult people as you advance in your career. The lessons you'll learn for managing interpersonal conflict and navigating difficult relationships can transform every aspect of life, helping you communicate effectively with friends and family as well. 

    Stop dreading every encounter with those difficult personalities around the office and become a better leader and peer. Download, “Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work” today!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherColin Smith
    Release dateMar 15, 2016
    ISBN9781491245521
    Difficult People: Dealing With Difficult People At Work
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    Colin S. Smith

    COLIN S. SMITH is the senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Arlington Heights, IL, where he has been since 1996. He is the author of The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life and can be heard on his Unlocking the Bible broadcast with Moody radio.

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      Book preview

      Difficult People - Colin S. Smith

      Difficult People

      Dealing With Difficult People At Work

      ©2017 Colin G Smith

      http://AwesomeMindSecrets.com

      Disclaimer

      This eBook is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to be a substitute for professional counselling, therapy or medical treatment. Nothing in this eBook is intended to diagnose or treat any pathology or diseased condition of the mind or body. The author will not be held responsible for any results of reading or applying the information.

      Colin G Smith:

      For over fifteen years now I have been driven to find the very best methods of personal transformation and secrets to beneficially and magically altering our perception of reality. If you are anything like me, you’re probably interested in simple and straight-forward explanations. Practical stuff that gets results! I am a NLP Master Practitioner, writer & author who has written several books including:

      The NLP ToolBox: Your Guide Book to Neuro Linguistic Programming NLP Techniques

      Love Yourself Lovable: Realising Your Authentic Loving Self Through The Profound Yet Simple Practice Of Ho’oponopono

      EFT Tapping: How To Relieve Stress And Re-Energise Rapidly Using The Emotional Freedom Technique

      Introduction

      Wouldn't it be nice if you could get through your work day without ever encountering difficult personalities? Unfortunately, we can't usually pick our coworkers or our customers, which means at some point you're bound to find yourself in difficult relationships with people who are hard to deal with.

      While you can't change difficult people, you can learn to communicate effectively and to diffuse interpersonal conflict before it starts. This book will give you the skills you need to deal with difficult people at work and provide you with the tools you need to overcome the obstacles to working with challenging people. This easy-to-read guidebook makes dealing with difficult people at work much easier whether the people in question are coworkers, supervisors or customers.

      The topics covered include:

      • How to deal with difficult conversations to avoid conflict and resolve differences productively

      • Improve your communication skills at work, so that you can get your point across to difficult people and gain understanding of their points of view

      • Strategies for dealing with anger and stress to make coping with difficult people easier and ensure that you don't lose your cool

      • Gain insight into the types of personalities that you're likely to encounter with difficult people at work

      • Tools that you can use to resolve conflict when it does arise

      The knowledge, insight, skills and tools you'll gain inside these pages will help you in your current role at work and with coping with difficult people as you advance in your career. The lessons you'll learn for managing interpersonal conflict and navigating difficult relationships can transform every aspect of life, helping you communicate effectively with friends and family as well.

      How To Deal With Difficult People At Work

      It’s a well known fact that dealing with difficult people has its own complexities. Nothing is clear cut when we are dealing with emotions, and when emotions are on the rise, logic flies out the window. When dealing with difficult personalities, sometimes we get the urge to lash back and give them what they deserve. In the business setting, the lack of better management of difficult people can result to inefficiencies, delays and decreased productivity.

      Be calm. Showing your

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