{"id":205255,"date":"2016-06-22T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/how-to-deal-with-difficult-people-205255.html"},"modified":"2016-06-22T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-22T04:00:28","slug":"how-to-deal-with-difficult-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/career-advice\/tips-for-success\/how-to-deal-with-difficult-people-205255.html","title":{"rendered":"Office Advice: 9 Best tips for dealing with difficult people"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>If you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/career-advice\/5-co-working-spaces-every-individual-singapore-115391.html\" target=\"_blank\">work a full-time job<\/a> with a bunch of other people, chances are you\u2019ve stumbled upon someone who doesn\u2019t quite share your views on a certain topic or, really, any of your views in general. This person might be a superior, a colleague, or someone from a different department entirely. Whoever they are, they don\u2019t seem to like you and they don\u2019t seem to want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/green-living-live-eco-friendly-101951.html\" target=\"_blank\">make your life easy<\/a>.<\/p> <p>If their existence causes you to want to tip-toe around them whenever they come into view, it might be time to practice our top tips on dealing with difficult people. Head up to the gallery to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/golden-rules-weight-loss-86916.html\" target=\"_blank\">the golden rules<\/a> of going head-to-head with your antagonist.<\/p> <p><em>Angela Goh<\/em><\/p> <p><em>Photos: Getty Images<\/em><\/p> <h2> <span>Read more:<\/span> <\/h2> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/career-advice\/tips-for-success\/how-to-make-good-first-impression-191745.html\" target=\"_blank\">Career Coach: 10 Tips on making a good first impression<\/a><\/p> <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/career-advice\/expert-advice-career-advice\/10-ways-cultivate-friendly-attitude-work-118767.html\" target=\"_blank\">10 Ways to cultivate a \u2018friendly attitude\u2019 at work<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got someone prickly you have to deal with at work? 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