Introducing Getting Along

Ever worked with somebody who can’t make a decision? Or who complains about anything and everything? Is there a person on your team who explains things that others already clearly understand? Does your boss put down your accomplishments?

No one should have to put up with rude, unprofessional, or hostile behavior from a colleague. You can counteract and even preempt it by using certain tactics and phrases. Amy Gallo will teach you which ones, plus how and when to deploy them, through coaching sessions with real women dealing with different types of difficult people.

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AMY GALLO [NARRATING]: Haven’t we all struggled to get along with somebody at work?

AMY GALLO [IN CONVERSATION]: Sherri, tell me, what do you mean when you say things are just OK?

SHERRI: I mean they’re just OK. So, if I was a person who didn’t have any goals or aspirations or wanted to feel appreciated for the good work I do, then I could live like this forever.

AMY GALLO [IN CONVERSATION]: [Laughs] OK, I’m sorry to laugh, but —

SHERRI: I know.

AMY GALLO [IN CONVERSATION]: I’m just going to tell you that’s not ok.

SHERRI: Yeah, it’s not, right?

AMY GALLO [NARRATING]: Do you want to know how to deal with a micromanager?

KIM: It’s just, it’s a battle. I was told I was hired, “Hey, we want you to change this. We want you to implement this.” But everything they hired me to do is a battle.

AMY GALLO [NARRATING]: Or prevent a know-it-all from making you feel small?

OLIVIA: We had dynamics in which she would also need to be the smartest person in the room and the most well-informed person in the room. So, I was happy to let her kind of take the lead, and then it’s now started to become more of an issue because I’m trying to get promoted myself.

AMY GALLO [NARRATING]: Hi, It’s Amy G. And these are moments from a new series that’s coming to the Women at Work feed. It’s called Getting Along. The four episodes are a companion to my new book, which is about how to work with anyone, even difficult people. Passive-aggressive people, tormentors, pessimists, woe-is-me pessimists. In each episode, I coach a guest who needs help getting along with one particular — and particularly difficult — person. Like the woman whose colleague keeps encroaching on her turf.

LYNNE: I just came right out, I was like, “Hey, so I’ve been hearing that you’ve been having these trainings, having these meetings, and, you know, I wonder, like, why aren’t you involving me, why aren’t you involving my team?” And he was kinda like, “Oh, no, not doing that.” Yeah, but you, but you are. [Laughs]

AMY GALLO [IN CONVERSATION]: But you are. [Laughs]

AMY GALLO [NARRATING]: By the end of the episode, guests have the tactics and phrases they need to build healthier, more productive relationships at work. You’ll learn from them too.

OLIVIA: This is, like, the most important career conversation I’ve had. [Laughs]

AMY GALLO : I’m so glad. [Laughs]

OLIVIA: This helps a lot. [Laughs]

AMY GALLO [NARRATING]: Listen to Getting Along right here in the Women at Work podcast feed starting September 12.