We have all met people who are so prickly and difficult that no one wants to handle them. But it has taken these contentious times to make this a common occurrence. Divisiveness makes normal ...

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 ...

To succeed at work — and in life — you often have to find a way to deal with difficult people. -- 53 percent of workers lost time worrying about a confrontation. -- 37 percent reduced their commitment ...

“To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill.” — Gichin Funakoshi, father of modern Karate “The Chinese call it Chi; the Japanese, Ki; the Indians Prana – it is the life force, and it is ...

The turbulence started just as Erin opened her laptop. A founder-turned-podcast-host, she’d been traveling for weeks—sponsorship meetings, recordings, partner dinners. Now, somewhere over the Midwest, ...

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 ...

One of life’s frustrations is having to deal with difficult people. Everyone has to interact with them. There is no escaping these troublesome individuals. You can encounter them in virtually any ...