On a recent Thursday evening, I tried out a new San Francisco restaurant serving California cuisine. A diner at a nearby table was not happy. I overheard him complaining all night -- the lights were ...

Whether they're colleagues, clients, or customers, you’re sure to encounter difficult people at work. It might be someone who hinders productivity, rubs you the wrong way, makes you upset, or is ...

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

New research shows HR trusts only 35% of managers to handle difficult conversations alone, and why avoidance, burnout, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senior leaders often have to navigate relationships with difficult, skeptical, or even adversarial board members. The way you react could potentially distort your decision making or even weaken your ...

Dear Abby: I have a brother who is very opinionated and in my face any time I don’t agree with him. It doesn’t matter what the subject is; he thinks he’s the only one who knows anything about it. He ...