Workplace
The Difficult Colleague
A colleague keeps undermining me in meetings and I don't know how to address it
Your objective
Have a direct one-on-one conversation with James that results in a clear, agreed change in behaviour — without escalating to HR or damaging the working relationship permanently.
The counterpart
James — Senior Analyst
Temperament: The Credit-Taker · Difficulty: beginner
Skills trained
- ego validation
- tactical retreat
- mutual benefit reframe
- emotional control
What a good run looks like
Score 70+ with agreement at your difficulty ceiling to unlock harder counterparts. Swanx coaches the exact phrases that cost you points — dimension by dimension.