Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People)

Amy Gallo's "Getting Along" is a research-based, practical guide for how to handle difficult people at work, offering strategies tailored to dealing constructively with eight familiar types of difficult coworkers. It provides a crucial perspective on work relationships and the compassion, encouragement, and tools needed to prevail on one's terms.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 13 September 2022
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Named one of 22 new books that you should consider reading before the year is out by Fortune, this practical and empathetic guide to taking the high road is worth a look for workers lost in conflict. — Publisher's Weekly, A research-based, practical guide for how to handle difficult people at work. Work relationships can be hard. The stress of dealing with difficult people dampens our creativity and productivity, degrades our ability to think clearly and make sound decisions, and causes us to disengage. We might lie awake at night worrying, withdrawing from work, or reacting in ways we later regret—rolling our eyes in a meeting, snapping at colleagues, or staying silent when we should speak up. Too often, we grin and bear it as if we have no choice. Or throw up our hands because one-size-fits-all solutions haven't worked. But you can only endure so much thoughtless, irrational, or malicious behavior—there's your sanity to consider, and your career. In Getting Along, workplace expert and Harvard Business Review podcast host Amy Gallo identifies eight familiar types of difficult coworkers—the insecure boss, the passive-aggressive peer, the know-it-all, the biased coworker, and others—and provides strategies tailored to dealing constructively with each one. She also shares principles that will help you turn things around, no matter who you're at odds with. Taking the high road isn't easy, but Gallo offers a crucial perspective on how work relationships really matter, as well as the compassion, encouragement, and tools you need to prevail—on your terms. She answers questions such as: Why can't I stop thinking about that nasty email?! What's behind my problem colleague's behavior? How can I fix things if they won't cooperate? I've tried everything—what now? Full of re.

Weight: 592g
Dimension: 165 x 241 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647821067