{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":511,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T12:22:10.972032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"Getting Along with Difficult Coworkers (Live in Boston) | Women at Work | Podcast","slug":"getting-along-with-difficult-coworkers-live-in-boston-women-at-work-podcast","published_at":"2026-06-14T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/getting-along-with-difficult-coworkers-live-in-boston-women-at-work-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5161569342.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG5161569342.mp3","summary":"Getting Along with Difficult Coworkers (Live in Boston) | Women at Work | Podcast 12 Oct 2022 --- To cap off our Getting Along series (see the last four episodes in our feed if you missed them), Amy Gallo offers advice, in front of a live audience, on how to deal with “difficult” colleagues. She talks with Amy Bernstein about the different types of difficult coworkers (from the tormentor to the know-it-all) and then answers questions from several members of the audience about the specific situations they’re facing. If you’re navigating a tough work relationship right now and don’t know how to turn things around, this episode is for you. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 06:29 – The Six Types of Difficult Colleagues 09:02 – The Tormentor 13:41 – The Political Operator 18:02 – The Know-It-All 26:28 – The Insecure Boss 31:29 – The Toxic Hot Mess 35:58 – Protecting Yourself and Others from Difficult Colleagues 41:23 – “Am I Difficult?” 45:27 – Outro Resources: - Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People), by Amy Gallo: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Along-Anyone-Difficult-People/dp/1647821061/ - “What to Do if You Think Your Boss Is Shutting You Out,” by Liz Kislik: https://hbr.org/2018/12/what-to-do-if-you-think-your-boss-is-shutting-you-out - “How to Deal with a Passive-Aggressive Colleague,” by Amy Gallo: https://hbr.org/2016/01/how-to-deal-with-a-passive-aggressive-colleague - “How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams,” by Joan C. Williams and Sky Mihaylo: https://hbr.org/2016/01/how-to-deal-with-a-passive-aggressive-colleague - “How to Deal with the Know-It-All in Your Office,” by Priscilla Claman: https://hbr.org/2017/10/how-to-deal-with-the-know-it-all-in-your-office Sign up for the Women at Work newsletter. Email us: womenatwork@hbr.org You can a…","meta_description":"Getting Along with Difficult Coworkers (Live in Boston) | Women at Work | Podcast 12 Oct 2022 --- To cap off our Getting Along series (see the last four e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3536,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/getting-along-with-difficult-coworkers-live-in-boston-women-at-work-podcast/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/getting-along-with-difficult-coworkers-live-in-boston-women-at-work-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}