Working with Difficult People, Second Revised Edition: Handling the Ten Types of Problem People Without Losing Your Mind Paperback – December 6, 2016

Dr. Cooper has delivered a well organized manual outlining techniques and strategies that people my age had to learn through trial and error. The tips and strategies in this book are excellent advise for work place relationships, but I think it is also a good manual on how to coexist in other settings with people of different personalities and natures. I like that the book's organization is such that you don't have to read it all at once. You can read the sections applicable to your current situation and save the rest for later.

Dr. Hakim is THE AUTHORITY on how to work through the challenge of working with people who are not very nice to work with. She addresses the issues associated with challenges getting along with colleagues in pragmatic and easy to implement ways. I highly recommend this book to EVERYONE who works in any field and has to work with others. It has definitely helped me learn how to "play nice in the sandbox"Dr. Richard A. Mendelson

Some practical advice if you dig for it; but this is intended for the workplace and does not help a lot with neighbors, family, or anyone outside.

Sometimes it is best to leave a toxic work environment, especially if those in charge have been there over 20 years and have been getting away with their crap that long.Turnover was very high for 0-3 year employees. I wonder why...This book was nice to have on my desk in plain sight.

You may find some useful information in here about how to deal with difficult people -- and how to avoid being one! In general, I don't care for labeling others.

This is a great book written by Dr. Amy Hakim, who was my chair in college. She is a very talented, intelligent individual and this book is very helpful as a tool to use when you are working with difficult people. I love that this is a book she wrote with her grandmother. I highly recommend it!

Outdated notions, overly-simple concepts. There's no complexity here, just archetypes and stereotypes from a bygone era.

Ms COOPER.- HAKIM is well qualified to assess various personality styles at work and how best to deal with them. She is a Ph.D. Industrial Psychologist with consulting experience. While reading her book, I felt she was relying on her vast experience and her examples presented real life, typical interactions most people encounter in their work environment.