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Pleasantly Dealing with Unpleasant People: What You Need to Know & How to Deal

Limor Bergman Gross Director of Engineering | People Leadership | Mentor
November 24, 2020 1:30 – 2:30 PM ET Virtual Free to attend
Pleasantly Dealing with Unpleasant People:  What You Need to Know & How to Deal

About this session

Have you ever been in a meeting where someone shuts you down when you try to talk? Do you know someone who speaks inappropriately and unprofessionally to you in public? Do you face challenges collaborating with a team or specific person because they seem to have a vendetta against you?

If you’re nodding your head while reading this, you’ve been dealing with jerks. I know personally, because I have dealt with many jerks at work - the type of person who seemingly ‘knows it all’, shuts you down, and ignores anything you have to say.

Do you have adequate strategies in place to deal with these types of people and situations?

If not, you need to join this one-hour session where I will share my tips and advice based on my personal experiences. I’ll answer your most pressing questions and help you approach the situation in a lighter fashion.

You will walk away from this chat with:

  • Strategies to cope with the difficult people in your life
  • Tips for how to handle conversations with unpleasant colleagues to have a more harmonious team

Meet the speaker

Limor Bergman Gross

Limor Bergman Gross

Director of Engineering | People Leadership | Mentor

My name is Limor, and I am a woman who has led tech teams at Digital Ocean, Oracle, VMWare, and Sun Microsystems. My passion is helping women succeed in the tech industry. To do this, I’ve focused on mentoring engineering managers for the past three years. It’s been beyond rewarding for me as well as my mentees.

I love working with people. My passion is working with excellent software engineering teams building amazing products customers love.

For more than ten years, I have been leading teams and organizations of different sizes while building a great culture, innovating, and shipping products. I enjoy helping engineers grow both their technical abilities as well as their communication and collaboration skills.

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