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New Years Goal: Deal with Annoying Co-Workers through Personal Responsibility by Marsha Petrie Sue

Marsha Petrie Sue
December 27, 2008
New Years Resolutions abound with good intentions. But you don't always manage the jerks you have to work with!

I love to be interviewed by magazines about difficult behavior and toxic people. My goal is to help people with tactics and ideas on how to approach the old situations with new vigor and success. Here is a link to the articles that ran in Cosmo International (aka Cosmo Magazine). Sara Eckel, the author of the article, did a great job on giving you some new fresh ideas, along of course, with my perspective of communicating to be more effective and get better results.

The link to the article is:

http://www.itgo.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6490§ionid=1&secid=2

Here are some other New Year Resolutions to consider:

1. Identify the type of toxic behavior displayed: Backstabber, know-it-all, steamroller, needy weenie, whine and cheeser, or zipper lip.

2. What kind of behavior are you displaying when these people start on their negative diatribe?

3. Decide that you will stay calm and now buy into their ugly behavior.

4. Communicate in an assertive fashion and consider saying, "You maybe right. Help me understand where you are coming from" without sarcasm.


5. Call a time out if they are displaying idiotic behavior and set a time to resolve the situation.

Check out other posts that will help you manage Toxic People and Difficult Behavior whether a colleague, boss, subordinate, or superior that acts like an idiot and a jerk! Visit the blog at www.DecontaminateToxicPeople.com and you will access great information from Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA, CSP - Decontaminator of Toxic People

Marsha is a Professional Speaker and Author

Featured in the New York Times, Cosmo, Wall Street Journal, Business Journal, Investors Business Digest, Legal Management, WorkWise and more.

Author of Toxic People: Decontaminate Difficult People at Work without Using Weapons or Duct Tape and The CEO of YOU: Leading Yourself to Success

Translated into Russian, Romanian and French by John Wiley – New York

Additional information: MarciaSnow@MarshaPetrieSue.com 1.888.797.6700

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Marsha Petrie Sue

Marsha Petrie Sue is an original, unique, and a one-of-a-kind professional speaker and best selling author who dares people to take personal responsibility for their choices, success, and life.

Whether dealing with employee relationships, increasing productivity or pumping up sales, her guiding principles provide life changing ideas to people that want to maximize their success.

Her books include, Toxic People: dealing with difficult people at work without using weapons or duct tape and The CEO of YOU: Leading yourself to success.