Handling a Bossy Co-Worker

I’m willing to bet that most people have, at some point in their careers, encountered a co-worker who thinks she’s in charge. And I know from experience that depending on this person’s actual locus of control, she can make everyone’s lives miserable. So, Kathi Elster and Katherine Crowley advise going against the natural tendency to take this person down a peg and instead try soothing her savage breast with the music of compliments and praise.

Handling a Bossy Coworker — www.AskK2.com from K Squared on Vimeo.

Katherine Crowley, a Harvard trained psychotherapist, and Kathi Elster, a management consultant and executive coach, create the yin and yang of their company, K Squared Enterprises. Bestselling authors, educators, public speakers, executive coaches, and veteran consultants, Kathi and Katherine are seasoned guides in the area of professional fulfillment through self-awareness and self-management. Together they have written Working For You Isn’t Working For Me, The Ultimate Guide To Managing Your Boss and the national bestseller, Working with You Is Killing Me: Freeing Yourself from Emotional Traps at Work.

Originally posted by Candice A