How to Get Along at Work

Posted By: ransomplace February 10, 2016

You’re dealing with difficult people at work more of the time these days because you and your fellow workers are under  increased pressure to accomplish more work with less help.

What follows are two ways to make dealing with difficult people a whole lot easier:

The first way is to switch your attention from a pain-in-the neck colleague who is buggine you, to getting the job done and getting it right. Then the awareness of dealing with an ungrateful blockhead fades to the background. That’s because whenever you decide to get something finished, you’re able to focus on the foreground—the task at hand. Focusing on the job at hand and getting it right lets you slow down enough to become absorbed in the task while keeping your personal feelings at bay.

The second way for how to get along at work by dealing with difficult people—especially those who yell and scream at you while accusing you of all sorts of stuff—is to listen to them intently without saying a word. The key is to keep your silence, refusing to react. When you absolutely refuse to rise to the level of your accuser’s rage, that person will start to calm down and come down to your level where you can then deal with him rationally.

Learn more tips for dealing with difficult people and surviving in your job by reading the chapter titled, Getting Ahead at Headquarters WhileProtecting your Hindquarters, in my book, “Your One-Minute Job Finding Coach.” Click here to order from Amazon.com.

Copyright © 2016 by Ransom Place

About the Author

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RANDY PLACE IS A JOB-FINDING and executive coach, writer on career topics, broadcaster, and host of yourcareerservice.com. For twenty-three years, he helped thousands of employees who had been let go from JPMorgan Chase find jobs. And he coached executives at CBS Television, Pitney Bowes, and major outplacement firms in New York on job-finding techniques, communications skills, and selling strategies. An accomplished seminar leader and speaker, Randy has designed and presented workshops on interviewing, telephoning techniques, job-search writing, and sales training nationwide. Randy's groundbreaking nationally syndicated radio series, Your Career Service, has been heard on over two hundred radio stations across the United States. And his articles on career topics have appeared in the Wall Street Journal's National Business Employment Weekly. A former broadcast journalist in New York, he has also been a commercial spokesperson for an array of national and regional advertisers. In addition, Randy was a sales executive at NBC Radio and the New York City sales manager for syndication at Wolper Productions. He holds a Bachelor's in Sociology and Broadcasting from Syracuse University, and a Master's in Journalism from New York University.