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Handle Conflict One-on-One
Hey, look, it’s your problem. Not everyone else’s. Got a problem with someone else? Don’t like the way she treats you? Has she been dealing you dirt behind your back?
Assignment
Consider all the times someone went to your boss about something you did or a decision you made. How did that make you feel?
So deal with it! Directly. Don’t go to your boss. Don’t go to her boss. Don’t run around telling everyone else in the office. Make your first stop a conversation directly with the individual involved. If you do that correctly, you’ll have a chance to re-create the relationship in a positive way. If you go to your boss, or the other’s boss, or tell others around the office, you’ll just make the situation worse and ...
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