Leading Difficult People
We’ve all had to deal with them. Perhaps you still are dealing with them? Difficult People.
They come in all shapes and sizes. All races, all genders, and all backgrounds. They only share two things in common, but I’ll come back to that in a little while.
As a professional executive coach I occasionally get asked by organisation leaders if I can help them “fix” one of their more “difficult” or “problematic” team members. They see potential in this person but there’s a problem in their style or approach that needs developing.
Some of them are like Debbie Downer from Saturday Night Live: Always ready with a depressing take on everything being discussed. Some people only seem to be happy when they’re unhappy and bringing everyone else down with them to the pit of despair.
Other jerks seem to get a kick out of creating problems for everyone else and pushing people’s buttons. Needling away on their pet topic and with a keen eye for any signs of weakness in others.
