So you had this amazing hair cut by almost blowing your wallet and you strut into your office with a new confidence. Your next door colleague takes one look at you and bursts out: 'did a truck run over your hair?'. You wish a truck had run over him! Welcome to the land of office colleagues where sharp tongues run high and loud, and chances are you could be at the victim's end. The first mistake as a victim you may do is let your mind and mouth flow in all directions! Hold onto those words that you would give anything to spill because office is such a place where you do not want to be the one spreading poison.
THE ARROGANT COLLEAGUE
Suppose at your office you have this conceited colleague who thinks he is by far superior to the rest of you and everything he does cannot be anything but right. So how do you deal with a colleague like him in moments when you need his co-operation the most but all he is doing is making your blood pressure run high?
Make sure that you keep calm. Since you cannot change his behaviour you can at least try to adjust your behaviour with him. Putting the blame on him or challenging his knowledge will not lead to any positive results either. So sit with him and tell him calmly that this project needs to be done jointly by you and him and you need his expert ....
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