What are your assumptions about difficult people at work? Considering their possible motivations can change your perspective.

We all have people with whom we struggle, problematic people who seem to drain us of our energies, rub us the wrong way, poke, provoke, frustrate or trigger us. What’s really happening when we find ...

Most of us have dealt with that person before, right? Someone we’d classify as “difficult.” Someone we don’t like to spend time with, or who makes us feel stressed. We all have at least one person in ...

Executive coach and author Nick Robinson illuminates the challenging traits of work colleagues and shares strategies from his book — The 9 Types of Difficult People: How to Spot Them and Quickly ...

We know irritability when we see it or feel it, but what exactly is it? Experts differ on the exact definition, but a way to think of it is as feelings of annoyance and impatience that are out of ...

If there's one emotion that's tough to deal with, it's anger. Growing up, many of us learn that expressing it means we're "problematic" or "mean." But anger is not a character flaw. It's an important ...

The last thing that most of us want to deal with is an angry person in our face. But chances are, sooner or later, it’s going to happen. So what do we do? And, maybe more importantly, what shouldn’t ...

Professor Ryan C. Martin, Ph.D, is a leading expert in anger management and emotional wellness. He is the author of How to Deal with Angry People and Why We Get Mad: How to Use Your Anger for Positive ...

We all know someone who seems to carry a storm cloud around with them, seemingly furious at the world. While it’s tempting to chalk it up to a short fuse or a bad day, there's often more going on ...

If there's one emotion that's tough to deal with, it's anger. Growing up, many of us learn that expressing it means we're "problematic" or "mean." But anger is not a character flaw. It's an important ...