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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....