Certified Career Coach, Hallie Crawford, recently wrote an article for US News called “How to Handle Tough Co-Workers – Without Strangling Them“.
No one is an island when it comes to work. Keeping your job and being successful partly depends on your ability to collaborate with your co-workers and contribute to your team’s success. This sounds easy enough, but for many, co-workers cause more stress and problems than anything else. Maybe you work with a Chatty Cathy or an Always-Late Lester. Perhaps there is a know-it-all on your team who frequently gives unsolicited advice.
Here’s how can you work with your difficult co-workers – keeping in mind that you may be one of them sometimes – without hitting your head against the wall or wanting to strangle them:
