How To Deal With Your Workplace's Worst Nightmare

By Staff Reporter

Oct 07, 2015 12:34 PM EDT

If you want to be more productive and efficient, a healthy relationship with co-workers can be a great help. This relationship can make your every work day happy thus boosting your morale at work too. But what will you do if the person you have to work with is your greatest nightmare?

Here are the tips that can help you deal with your worst nightmare:

1. Focus on how you will react on every situation.

Remember, you can't change anybody. So arguments are worthless. Consider what Chron has stated, "If she's being argumentative with you, rather than engage her, politely remove yourself from her presence." So do yourself a favor and resist the things you think might just worsen the situation.

2. Understand that everyone is different.

Kathleen Bartle, a Los Angeles, California-based conflict consultant says, "Sometimes, wecaught in the trap of trying to make people like us-even when that's never going to happen," as noted by FastCompany. Don't forget that people differs in personalities, values, and judgment. So as you try to get along with everyone, refrain from expecting too much from them to lessen possible conflicts.

3. Try to spend more time with your "friend."

It may be difficult to spend even a minute with them but understand what Harvard Business Review has noted, "One of the best ways to get to like someone you don't like is to work on a project that requires coordination," says Robert Sutton, a professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University and author of "Good Boss, Bad Boss." Besides spending more time with them can also be an opportunity to have not just negative experiences but also positive ones too.

Hating somebody in the workplace can really push you to your limit. This negative emotion can sure drain and take its toll on you. But never let it affect your work performance. Realize that you are not alone with this kind of nightmare. The only thing you have to do is to learn how to deal with the situation properly or else it might just cost your career to lose its track out of the path of success.