How do you deal with difficult coworkers? Most of the people on my team are great but in my role I have to go between a lot of other groups and that has me in contact with a lot of difficult people that I must get to do things.

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What I really want to do is scream at them and tell them it will literally just take 5 min to read and approve

Sometimes it's just a matter of trying to relate to them and finding a way to get them to cooperate. There are people who are just out of sync in some ways, and, of course, there are those who get up in the morning thinking of ways to be difficult. Reminds me of some wisdom from Charles Bukowski, "It takes all kinds to fill the freeway."

I stopped trying to change the dynamic and started just managing around it. Some people are going to be hard to work with no matter what you do. The question is how to get what you need without it costing you more effort than it's worth. Keep things short and specific so there's no room for miscommunication or any excuse for them to not get back to you quickly.

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