Tips to Deal with Toxic Coworkers by Jay Holstine

You spend a significant chunk of your day at work. Imagine how hard it would be for you to do that if you had toxic people all around you at work. Unfortunately, toxic behavior in the workplace is very common. If you wish to work hard and succeed, you have to know how to deal with these kinds of people. This is important to help keep your sanity intact. In this guide, Jay Holstine takes you through a few ways to help you deal with toxic people at work.

How to Deal with Toxic People at Work by Jay Holstine

Here are a few ways you can deal with toxic people at work.

1.     Learn More About Them

The first step is to learn more about these toxic colleagues and how they work. Try to understand more about their thought patterns and beware of their moods. You need to develop a plan to help you deal with them.

2.     Develop Coping Mechanisms

You need to come up with your own ways of dealing with these toxic people. Either you can choose to completely ignore them, or you can choose to respond to them in a certain way. It depends entirely on what works best for you and how you think you can manage that. If you think your colleague is making your work life too miserable, then try to focus on the positives of your workplace to keep you from getting entirely demotivated to work, says Jay Holstine. Read on.