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Lesson 2: Archetypes of Difficult People (The Egoists)

Improve your working relationship with an insecure boss, a know-it-all, a workplace tormentor or political operator.

Philosopher Richard Rose once said, “The ego is the single biggest obstruction to the achievement of anything.” Yet at work, where we’re trying to accomplish so much, egos are everywhere. Workplace expert Amy Gallo has pinpointed archetypes of people whose egos make it challenging to get along and get things done and argues the key to working with them …

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