Working with Difficult People

Course Overview

How to work with difficult people

The workplace is filled with colourful personalities, some of whom are “difficult” to work with. While you can’t change the behaviours of coworkers, colleagues and bosses, you can learn how to handle and deal with them effectively.

Working with Difficult People aims to equip you with the right attitude and the relevant skills and techniques to handle different types of difficult people; so that relationship can be improved and work can get done more effectively. At the same time, the course also provides you with ways to get feedback about yourself and what you can do if you find yourself belonging to one of the categories of difficult people.

Course Title

Working with Different Personalities.

Course Objectives

At Course Completion, participants will be able to:

• Define what is a “difficult” person and the 2 main situations where people become difficult.
• Recognise your instinctive response to people who are difficult and why you will respond in that manner.
• Understand the 2 dimensions that affect how people behave that may be different from others.
• Learn about different working behavioural styles of people, what is important for each of them and what happens if their intents are not met.
• Identify the different categories of difficult people and their characteristics.
• Practice different techniques and strategies to handle each category of difficult people.
• Improve communication for dealing with different types of difficult people.
• Exercise awareness of your own behaviour so as to not become a difficult person to others.