Personality Traits

Seven Difficult Personality Types and How to Deal with Them

by Dr. Marilyn Manning

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| |Have you ever felt the pulse pounding, face-flushing, word-sputtering frustration of having your meeting |

| |disrupted by: |

| |a hardcore bully |

| |an ego-centered princess |

| |a passive-aggressive |

| |a baby |

| |negative Ned or Nancy |

| |a people pleaser, or |

| |a non-player. |

| |No matter how challenging, belligerent, or negative the difficult person's behaviour, don't take it personally. |

| |By identifying the seven difficult personalities and responding to each with openness and sound techniques, you |

| |can improve their dynamics and therefore run better meetings. |

| |Meetings are great opportunities to share information with your team, to build skills, to motivate, and to give |

| |your team a chance to sound off. But even the best planned meetings can be a total loss if difficult people are |

| |not handled in effective ways....