It's great to work with somebody who wants to do things differently.
-Keith Bellows
Here are some of the ways that Psychology Today (June 2012) suggests you employ to defuse a difficult encounter:
"Keep it logical. Communications should be fact-based with minimal details. Don't try to connect and reason with difficult people. Their response will often only make you more upset....
"Focus on them in conversation. One way to avoid being the target of demeaning comments, manipulation, or having your words twisted is to say as little as possible. They are a far safer subject of the conversation than you are....
"Don't try to get them to see your point of view. Don't try to explain yourself or get them to empathize with you. They won't. And you'll just feel worse for trying."
This volume of Exchange Essentials includes 11 selected Exchange articles, in pdf format, providing tools and perspectives on dealing with difficult people:
- Would You Like to Get Along with Difficult People? Pick a Number
by Karen Talley
- Disarming Cantakerous People
by Luis Hernandez and Connie Jo Smith
- The Truth About Bad Attitudes
by Gigi Schweikert
- Who Owns this Problem Anyway?
by Jane Harris
- Coping with the Chronic Complainer
by Roger Neugebauer
- And 6 More!
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Displaying 1 CommentRainbow Learning Center
New Albany, MS, United States
It seems like there is not enough up to date information for childcare setting.
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