Better Hiring/Dealing with Jerks and Other Difficult People

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Dealing with Jerks and Other Difficult People

  • Course
  • 5 Lessons

How to deal with jerk behavior (and avoid slipping into the jerk trap yourself) Growing your own power and emotional intelligence Boosting your nervous system and emotional regulation skills Increasing your relationship skills and communication Advocating for yourself and others Honing your leadership style Intervention and coping strategies

Contents

Intro, Overview, and What We Mean by Jerk Behavior

Rule #1: Don't Act Like a Jerk (and how to deal with Jerk Behavior)

Introducing Jerk Recovery, and some ways that responding to jerks can improve your leadership skills
Preview

Dealing with Different Types of Jerks and Jerk Behavior

We'll introduce the ABC's of relationships that apply to everyone - and explain why they're Jerk Kryptonite.

We'll talk about the differences between Drama and Trauma, and how to shift out of the Drama Triangle.

We'll go into a little bit of depth about some different types of jerk behaviors, and introduce some practices that help to respond.

2 - Dealing with Jerks pt 1.mp4
3 - Dealing with Jerks pt 2 dark triad.mp4

Group Dynamics, Queer Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Self Regulation

4 - group dynamics and emotional regulation.mp4

QUIVER and the 5D Intervention Model

QUIVER is a framework to point targeted questions straight at behaviors.

It's a highly effective tool to pop holes in the overinflated egos of people who are trying to dominate.

They're powerful, so we've got to be careful how we use them.

In this session we cover the questions as well as the 5D intervention model and how to use those at work, on the street, and in families.

5 - dealing with jerks - intervention portion .mp4