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CAREER
• Have a heart-to-heart. Confrontations can for your work, don’t be afraid to report the
be difficult, but having an open and honest situation to your supervisor. Keep a list of
conversation can clear the air. Explain to examples and approach the meeting as a
your colleague how they make you feel and means for guidance rather than a chance
give them a chance to change. People may to vent.
be unaware of how their behavior negatively • Stay focused on your work. Office politics
impacts others. can be very consuming and distract you from
• Take it to the top. If you’ve tried all your own goals and standards. Try to ignore
reasonable avenues and your coworker what other people are doing or saying and
still tries to undermine you or take credit focus on your own role within the company
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