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Jun 2018
35m 41s

Annoying Subordinates

Harvard Business Review
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Does your direct report get on your nerves? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Art Markman, a psychology professor at the University of Texas. They talk through how to manage someone who is unlikable, overly polite, or passive-aggressive. 
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