So, you are dealing with a hostile coworker, colleague, or team member. According to the research, you are not alone. With one study showing that nearly one in five American workers report exposure to hostile or threatening social environments at work—such as verbal abuse or threats, humiliating behavior, bullying, and harassment—it is clear that we need empowered strategies for handling workplace dissonance more than ever.
Whether you are advising others as an employer or manager or dealing with workplace frictions yourself, conflict and combative relationships do not have to escalate and can often be changed with some simple strategies.
