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How To Manage Difficult People and Situations

In this course you will explore how professionals handle the most difficult of situations. You will learn practical skills for managing difficult people.

Created byEve Ash
BeginnerUpdated Oct 7, 2021
How To Manage Difficult People and Situations

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleExamine strategies for dealing with difficult staff
  • check_circleManage an exit carefully with warnings and written evidence
  • check_circleIdentify misconduct issues and ensure a code of conduct
  • check_circleExamine complaints about colleagues to determine when an HR intervention is required
  • check_circleResolve a problem through consultation, with open discussion and ground rules
  • check_circleUse steps to ensure grievances are managed well
  • check_circleManage more serious problems by starting an investigation
  • check_circleIdentify confidentiality obligations and HR obligations for serious allegations
  • check_circleLearn some practical strategies for working with a narcissist
  • check_circleLearn to assess and agree on a problem and develop an action plan

About This Course

Once this course is completed, you will have learned to understand a person's position and how to reduce emotion and seek input, and apply various strategies for dealing with problem staff. You will have learned that a performance plan must involve measuring and training, and an exit must be carefully managed with warnings and written evidence.

Once this course is completed, you will have learned to tackle disruptive conduct, differentiate complaints about colleagues and implement an HR intervention and/or resolve a problem through consultation. You will have learned to implement an organizational code of conduct, use open discussion and ground rules, personal standards and respectful discussions.

You will learn how to assess the seriousness of problems, how to deal with low-level complaints and manage the more serious problems and how to start an investigation or inquiry. You will learn about confidentiality issues and HR obligations for serious allegations.

In this course learn some useful skills and interesting information about dealing with narcissists at work.

Course Content

5 activities • 5 videos • duration: 1h 7m

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Problem Staff and Situations-Part11 videos • 1 quiz • 14 min
  • videocamThe Problem of Nightmare Staff
    Duration 14:36
  • quizThe Problem of Nightmare Staff Review Questions
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Problem Staff and Situations-Part21 videos • 13 min
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Disruptive Conduct and Grievances-Part11 videos • 1 quiz • 9 min
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Disruptive Conduct and Grievances-Part21 videos • 1 quiz • 16 min
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Handling a Narcissist-Part11 videos • 1 quiz • 12 min

Your Instructor

Eve Ash

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Eve Ash is a psychologist, film producer and international speaker. She is an expert in human behavior – leadership, communication, service, motivation, performance and justice. Eve founded Seven Dimensions, producing over 1000 comedy, drama and interview style videos, TV shows, feature documentaries and e-learning courses including the hilarious LA-business-based Cutting Edge Communication Comedy Series. Eve has won an Australian Businesswoman of the Year award, and over 170 film awards.

Credit Information

What Students Are Saying

4.4 out of 5
Student's Choice
90 reviews
  • JW
    Jaret W.
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    Very informative, useful examples

  • SR
    Sandra R.
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    This was a good course, highly recommend.

  • YF
    Yasmine F.
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    Really great course

  • RM
    Ronald M.
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    good information

Frequently Asked Questions

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