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How to Work With Difficult People

How to Work With Difficult People

Update: 2025-09-30
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In this week's episode, hosts James Lawther and Jimmy Barber discuss strategies for dealing with difficult people at work. We all know them – those you dread interacting with – maybe they don't listen, or they snipe from the sidelines. Perhaps they ignore you, or nothing ever sticks to them when things go wrong. 

Regardless of who they are, James and Jimmy discuss how to deal with them effectively – both in the moment and over the long term, if their behaviour is systemic.

James and Jimmy also challenge their own behaviour and yours, so that you do not become someone else's 'difficult person'

If that isn’t enough, they also discuss the perils of children flying the nest and how the adage 'it's the hope that kills you' is apt if you're a football fan!

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How to Work With Difficult People

How to Work With Difficult People

Jimmy Barber and James Lawther