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Dealing with Difficult People

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<strong>Dealing</strong> <strong>with</strong> “Think-They-Know-It Alls”<br />

“THINK-THEY-KNOW-IT-ALL” CHARACTERISTICS:<br />

• Specialists in exaggeration, half-truths, jargon, useless advice, and<br />

unsolicited opinions<br />

• Charismatic and desperate for attention<br />

CHALLENGES:<br />

• Finding an acceptable way to disavow their unworkable ideas<br />

• Providing them a little attention<br />

• Getting clarification for specifics<br />

• Being patient<br />

• Gently confronting them <strong>with</strong> the consequences of their negative behavior<br />

• Crediting the things they do right

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