Kyle Elliott, a career coach for tech employees, told Business Insider clients can vent to the wrong people when they're ...

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The turbulence started just as Erin opened her laptop. A founder-turned-podcast-host, she’d been traveling for weeks—sponsorship meetings, recordings, partner dinners. Now, somewhere over the Midwest, ...

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 ...

Having a difficult boss can make even the best job feel like a daily obstacle course. Whether it's micromanagement, mood swings, or impossible expectations, a bad boss can drain your motivation faster ...

We have all met people who are so prickly and difficult that no one wants to handle them. But it has taken these contentious times to make this a common occurrence. Divisiveness makes normal ...

In a prior blog, I offered pointers to cope with the discontented characters that we all encounter in offices, schools, families and social circles, in Keeping Spirits High When Others Drag Us Down. 1 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sho Dewan is a career expert who covers work, top jobs, and business. In every career and organization, encountering a difficult ...

Everyone faces hard things, but not everyone handles them the same way. People who cope well tend to do a few things ...

One of life’s frustrations is having to deal with difficult people. Everyone has to interact with them. There is no escaping these troublesome individuals. You can encounter them in virtually any ...

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” — Romans 12:18 We all encounter difficult people—those who test our patience, misunderstand our intentions, or create ...