We’ve all heard of the movie ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’,
right? Well, what if you have to work with the enemy. There is always going to
be someone within the office (or your company) whom you dread working with.
From personality differences to professional differences, no one gets along
with everyone all of the time. However, you do have to overcome differences in
order to keep your job or your business.
My best advice is to gently exploit your arch enemy if
kindness fails. This doesn’t mean go after him or her or their job, it simply
means make it noticeable, nicely, to your boss or other employees what this
person is doing wrong.
For example, if the person constantly forgets to put in a
proper computer code- you may want to send out an email stating “I know Tasha
keeps entering “z” into the “y” spaces.
Don’t worry, I had some free time to go in and correct all these
mistakes as I am sure Tasha didn’t realize the error and I wanted to be a team
player.”
If someone truly is becoming a rival, it has to be
addressed. Sometimes a face-to-face can make it worse so polite exploitation
may be the right way to go. Use your best judgment but also play fair. Don’t
look for trouble unless you are pushed.
Until Tuesday (Happy Memorial Day everyone),
Coco the CEO
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