How To Deal With Difficult Colleagues

In an ideal laboratory, all kinds of smart and capable people should be gathered. They live in harmony and study together to discuss scientific problems.

If your lab is described like that, you are lucky enough.

Because most people are experimentation in narrow and crowded rooms, there is always one person who will challenge your patience, or that these so-called "difficult to get along" people, whose attitude and behavior are bad, will ruin your experiment and future.

You might as well look for it from your lab or department (of course you can look at the mirror!) to see if there are any of these types of people who may ruin your future or self-esteem.

Perhaps you usually turn the other side face to let people fight, but also at all costs to calm the storm.

If so, your strategy is not enough to deal with these "hard to get along" people so far.

In laboratories, it is unavoidable to avoid them sometimes and evading them will only make things worse.

They continue to go their own way, and you will only feel more and more uncomfortable, and finally become resentment.

It may be another option to give this question to your boss or someone else, but remember that not everyone is a competent manager.

For some bad behavior, the best way is to tell him in person how his behavior affects you.

For other types, there may be some more subtle and indirect ways to deal with them.

With those "research cows", you can easily be in a defensive position, thinking, "why does he get all the attention?" even though, in this case, the best response is not to respond.

Because confrontation can lead to escalation, and you will only become a powerful enemy.

When you follow

When you are alone, don't express your dissatisfaction against the arrogance of the cattle; criticism will make you look like sour grapes.

Second, concentrate on great work.

When you submit your own excellent papers, peer reviews do not know or care about the arrogance of "research cows".

Only work and papers can be recognized in the final stage, so make sure your work is top notch.

As for the "stealth bomber", you can say: "I noticed that you were habitually asking questions in my group at the meeting.

I know this will make

More abundant, but I feel that it would be better if I raised these questions myself.

The advantage of this method is that by explaining why an act makes you feel uneasy, let him know that what you do is not right.

Through direct

This way can make the stealth bomber face and let him see your own view.

This method also allows the "stealth bomber" to know that you are very concerned about what he is doing.

Every time he does this, you deal with it until he stops.