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The Non-Obvious Show · Episode 25

Dealing with Difficult People

with Amy Gallo

Episode 25 · October 15, 2023 · 35 min

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How do you deal with difficult people to create better harmony at work? Amy Gallo is a workplace expert, speaker, and contributing editor at Harvard Business Review. Her work specializes in effective communication, interpersonal dynamics, gender, difficult conversations, and feedback. Her bestselling book, "Getting Along," delves into the challenges of working with difficult people and gives insight on how to communicate empathetically in order to create a positive working environment.

In this episode, Amy Gallo talks about the eight archetypes of difficult people, developing interpersonal resilience, and how we need to be open-minded in order to find common ground and collaborate to work together. Here is Amy Gallo sharing how to deal with difficult people on this week's episode of the Non-Obvious Show.

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About The Guest

Amy Gallo HBR contributing editor; author of Getting Along

Amy Gallo is a contributing editor at Harvard Business Review and the author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict. She writes and speaks about workplace conflict, difficult conversations, and feedback.

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