What to do when staff or coworkers undermine you? How to deal with a difficult employee.

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[SummerRose]

I have a long story about an employee I have like this. They can be an absolute nightmare to work with if you don’t discipline immediately. They will drive good employees right out the door too. Don’t let the toxic ones ruin your team.

[TheCrash]

I have coworkers who think they should be running the joint, yet don’t know a fraction of the inner workings of the company

[peeveandtoonces]

It took me 58 years but I finally learned that you cannot be friends with coworkers and expect it go well.

[ladyluck]

I have a co worker who thinks she’s my boss and goes around telling lower seniority workers what in her opinion I have done incorrectly when what she is talking about is a huge stretch. If I’m assisting another co worker she always sticks her nose in my business and has to waltz over and announce her disagreement with my strategy

[lessismore]

“The more they feel respected the harder it’ll be for them to disrespect you” so TRUE! I grew up with a horrible younger sibling who ALWAYS picked fights with me and never his other sibling. He obviously had something against me growing up. Siblings suck sometimes.

[SugaryPhoenixxx]

A manager thanking the employee is huge. It doesnt need to be every time they staple some papers together, but if they have indeed done a great job, telling them that or saying thank you is really good positive reinforcement. It helps the employee understand what you expect of them! & it lightens the mood since we all know that work can be stressful at times.

[hl.]

I wished you worked at my company/store. You are probably the ONLY person that could fix our problems.

[happytrouble]

I'm a team leader, and have a team of roughly 6 people. And I always say my please and thank you's. Sometimes I ask them to do something and say " thank you " right away, and then thank them again once they did it. It makes me feel good too. I think it also just comes down to the basic rules of politeness. I currently have one difficult " toxic " coworker whom I'm dealing with, and he's basically like a child. He's nearly 45 mind you, and I am a 38 year old woman. I can clearly see that we're not on the same intellectual level and don't have the same social skills. And this is not to humiliate the person, but I'm simply stating the facts. I am no Einstein myself, but I've learnt to have different expectations from different people. We just don't have the same minds and we don't think the same. This helps me not to take things too personally from these types of people, because I just came to terms that they don't know any better and it actually makes me want to pity them. This particular guy, loves to hold grudges and has this sense of entitlement about him, that he's already doing enough, and he's completely incapable of any accountability for his actions. I've decided to let the managers deal with him from now, as I've tried everything. Sometimes your efforts will never be recognized by these particular people, because they don't have the mental, social or emotional capacity to meet you at the same level. And that's just that.

[juniperbreeze]

Mike you’ve come like a coach just at the right time of my career shift as a new manager ! Please keep posting, I hope more people like us subscribe and make use of your tips 😊

[lainihurley]

I appreciate you making this video for me, it really is helpful to me and I’m grateful you took your time to explain the process in which I should go, thank you so much for your help and I’m going to do my best with this information. I definitely believe you’ve explain enough to where I feel comfortable enough to do these actions! Thank you so much for your help! I’ll keep you updated and I cannot wait for more of your videos! I appreciate everything you do! Keep it up! Thank you once again

[Divergence]

Yeah, I am documenting everything with this induvial. I am getting fed up of him making me look bad taking all my tasks without even consulting me. When its my area I am in charge off. They act like my boss when they are not as well. Then complains to my actual boss as well. Really pissing me off. I think if it continues and gets worse, I am going to HR.

[davidwebb]

Yeah I believe in this thing that when coworkers try to demean us there really is something within us that needs healing. I have found that when I connect to a deeper truer part of myself that part holds me in ways I cant put into words. It's a nice feeling.. :)

[JuiceEasy]

As per the question posed: Nothing you do will stop the behaviour, the person is toxic and their issues are beyond you; they hate the job, they can’t speak to the manager like that so they attack you instead.

[marktchorzynski]

I've been in a management position for the last year. I started with a great team of like minded priority driven individuals. They all were awesome and have left to greater opportunities leaving me to build a new team. I've still got a lot to learn. I've recently come across this channel and have found the advice in these videos extremely helpful. Great content for new managers and employees in leadership roles.
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[wikicoin]

Toxic co workers, they r everywhere...some of them when u being nice u actually make it worse. The key is to get them suspended.

[ladyfreedomsrawnarratives]

Thank you for the video. I subscribed because you are fair, honest and you make sense. Again, many thanks! ❤

[juanitajames]

Ty Mike! Great points will definitely use them as well

[Lualuaable]

I find myself in this situation myself. My problem at the moment is that there is no disciplinary procedure at my current company, and the workers are hard to replace and know this, so will often threaten to quit and the company won’t want to go down that avenue unless the CEO of the company has been inconvenienced.

[Diamondkity]

Brilliant, short and informative. Very good tips. thanks a lot.