A placid toddle to win over the hard
Throughout our journey of life, we all have come
across motivated- positive as well as difficult people. We find ourselves very
effective, relaxed and energetic to work with the first kind. We always try to
steer clear of those difficult sets of people. But have we ever tried to
understand them? Have we ever researched why they are difficult? To the realism,
we have tried to move farther away from them. When such difficult people become
part of our work environment where we need to work with them, just THINK- how
can we move farther….?
People are often difficult because we, ourselves
consent them to be so. In the present
situation where we stress on teamwork, these difficult people can generate a
negative shock on the team performance. We should not allow that. Thereby
effective managers/ people should come up with strategies on handling difficult
people around them. We should harness the strengths of the difficult persons
and get their co-operation for team success, promoting individual success too.
First and foremost thing is that we should reflect
properly before we retort and make the difficult person sense that he is taken
seriously. Next is to try mending relationships without lending to affirm our
own demands. Win special attention of our body language, tone of voice and
facial expressions. Always apply an open mind with diplomacy, authenticity and
a mindset of learning from the difficult person. Being a very good listener,
building trust through effective communication and overcoming the negative
emotions can be the key to transform the difficult person to a manageable one
A
difficult person when feels that you trust them will reciprocate with a desire
to please and he himself make an effort at being reasonable down to earth. 