Difficult people are everywhere. Their numbers are small, but their impact is costly to organizations, and they exhibit habitual behavior that negatively affects most people. In this session, attendees will learn how to identify the various types of difficult people and ways to manage situations. When co-workers are stressed, their everyday workplace communication style can become difficult. This presentation clarifies the difference between stressed communication versus a difficult person’s communication style.
Difficult people have unpredictable workplace behaviors and range from disruptive to overly agreeable to withdrawn. When most people encounter a difficult person, they do not understand their reactions and are unsure how to react. Difficult people are in every organization, and their impact on workplace productivity and teamwork is negative. Difficult people try to control and undermine projects or don't make decisions.
Teams with difficult members experience high turnover rates and low morale and productivity. Members spend time talking about the problematic person, negatively impacting customer satisfaction and revenue. The presentation gives you action steps and reactions that challenge the difficult person. Identification of difficult people enables others to take charge of the situation rather than allowing the difficult person to take control.
Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate difficult emails and how to respond
- Recognize how to handle a difficult co-worker under stress
- Identify common mistakes people make when working with difficult people
- Summarize ways to manage really difficult people and how to effectively handle difficult situations
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC
Integrated Focus, Inc.
President & Executive Coach
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(972) 380-8149
Valerie Pelan, MBA, PCC, President of Integrated Focus, provides high-quality and customized coaching for her clients to ensure they achieve their goals and increase their confidence. Her coaching enables clients to improve their leadership capabilities, make better decisions, and demonstrate a positive approach to organizational dynamics. She works best with clients who want a Coach who understands the complexity of corporate team management and how to collaborate across an organization to achieve business results.
Her clients like her business background and leadership experience and the way she challenged herself to gain strategic expertise to ensure she had career options. Key highlights of her career include leading cross-functional product teams, executive briefings on market research results, and headquarters lead on regulatory activities for Fortune 100 corporations.
Clients describe their coaching sessions as thought-provoking and insightful, enabling them to explore areas that improve their leadership style and interpersonal capabilities. They are leaders motivated to leverage their talents and embrace a forward-looking vision to lead their teams. The coaching sessions provide a safe and confidential space to discuss complex situations.
Examples of clients include a VP of Marketing who improved business results by collaborating across silos, a leader who increased her visibility by leading a complex project and succeeding, and an operations VP who learned the importance of conflict management and teamwork to improve processes. Valerie's clients come from various industries, government agencies, and non-profit leadership.
She is also an Executive Coach for EMBA students at the University of Texas, Dallas Naveen Jindal Graduate School of Management. She speaks on Leadership Presence, employee engagement, and leadership models for companies, non-profits, and professional associations. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), Mentor coach, an MBA, and a Doctoral student in Adult Learning and Workforce Development. Her articles have appeared in the global coaching publication Choice
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