Dealing with difficult people /

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Main Author: Lilley, Roy C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Kogan Page Ltd., 2013.
Edition:Second edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • About this book
  • A short course in human relations
  • A quick guide to the seven classically difficult types : or how to sound like
  • An expert in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee
  • A fast-track guide to conflict and how to handle it
  • Dealing with bosses who drive you barmy
  • Colleagues to throttle
  • Staff to strangle
  • Massaging the egoist
  • Handling aggressive people without getting thumped on the nose
  • Putting a bomb under the lazy ones
  • Beating the bullies at their own game
  • Moaners, groaners and critics
  • Perfectionists can be a pain
  • Manipulating the manipulators
  • Shifting the stubborn
  • Morale, attitude and how was it for you?
  • Fault-finders and nit-pickers
  • Gossip: a bush fire you can do without
  • The customer is always right : really?
  • Complaints : we love them
  • E-difficult@yourplace
  • Social networking
  • If things don't change they'll stay the same
  • Dealing with conflict: 10 steps to cooling it
  • And, finally, finally--
  • References
  • Further reading.