Deal with a Difficult Boss in English

[@ErinNickelson]

English is my native tongue and these videos are helping me out a lot too. Kudos Anne marie!

[@supermichaelssecondchannel4342]

I like being direct and respectful. I’ve been employed in the work force for fifteen years so I must be doing something right.

[@yuleimcarrillo8619]

This is the video I was waiting for. I work for a very impatient doctor. He is very understanding that I’m a ESL person, but he also wants the job to be perfect. That’s what it makes me nervous all the time. Great vocabulary to use. Thank you Annmarie!

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You are so welcome! I hope you'll be able to use these strategies in the future. So that you can say what you want to say - without feeling nervous.

[@katiapalomino7974]

That was my case, some times i felt frustrated, because i don't speak English very fluently, but thanks to God my Boss has patience...and i realized that little by little, i'm improving. Thank you Ms. Ann Marie for your help

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're so welcome!

[@مجدالعرب-ر3ب]

Speak with all the mistakes you make and let the boss go to Hell. Just focus on carrying out your job as perferct as you can.

[@va1445]

Great advice, not just for those with English as their second language. I sometimes have trouble communicating with intimidating, daunting, impatient people because I get flustered and lose my train of thought which leads to frustration from both sides of the conversation. Thanks for sharing these strategies.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're so welcome! I hope you’ll be able to use these strategies in the future. 🙂

[@happymom1108]

Just past two extremely dramatic days after my prior director burned the bridge and I was promoted to directly report to her boss who is not a patient person at all. I believe I learned the most useful lesson tonight! Thank you!

[@xiantam2057]

Anne Marie, you’re simply the best. 👍👍👍

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Wow, thank you!

[@leolaleung8722]

1. It’s a real pleasure to listen to you, 2. Not only helping me improve my English, you’re a coach 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@sabitamohanty258]

Thanks 👍 I am so lucky and improved my confidence English thank u very much.i am also impaient and aggresive.i am improve my self . Thank u very much guide me.

[@silesiaantracyt8311]

My gosh, Annamarie, you are so perfect and full of wisdom person 👌

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you for the kind comments! 😀

[@warrior5215]

Your teachings are breathtaking

[@marys3738]

Annemarie, I apologize for not thanking you sooner for this video. It helped me tons! Thank you so very much for making a video to help me deal with that situation. I followed your advice and used your strategies. The one that helped me the most was to communicate in writing. I had to quit because it turned out, my boss was that way with most people. I got tired of being steamrolled (new word for me) so I left. She tried to make me stay but it was affecting my self esteem so I left.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I’m glad the lesson was helpful, it's unfortunate the job didn't work out. I wish you a much successful future!

[@happymom1108]

The situation I had is kind similar but different as well. I let myself hanging there couple days only talk as necessary and let others figured out what is going on themselves. And things turned into clear little by little. It's not because the boss wants be steamroller (they may not realized what you felt). Like Annemarie mentioned, open communication is great way to help everyone find eachones feeling. Good luck for your next journey!

[@raulpendas]

I dealed with a difficult boss. My deling with him was to make sure that I was prepare to discuss the issue. If he ask me a question I put my answer in an E-Mail. That way I had a record of the issue and time to adress the problem that he was having. Thank you for your video I wish I had these when I was dealing with the difficult boss. I left the company because he was never was going to be satisfy. I lasted seven years and I should have left sooner.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope that these ideas will empower you and that you'll feel more prepared if a situation like that happens again.

[@englishtothrive]

Great video! Great way to explain how you can communicate are confidently with authorities.

[@PAOLAReyes05]

Thanks a lot teacher! I feel really excited with all the strategies and tips that you give.☺I really enjoy your videos and I have lerned a lot with them. You are a great teacher and coach !!!

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

It's my pleasure! 😀

[@johnmarks714]

I speak english natively and this still helps

[@danielat2607]

Thanks Annemarie, during my community I listen your lessons. My boss doesn’t give me exact instructions. Unfortunately, she wants me to innovate the work and give her some brilliant ideas 💡(but guessing what she has already thought). After some failures, my strategy is to ask back some explanations after one or two days and follow the given instructions 😂

[@suzannenehme7057]

In the meeting, i can quickly through my notes and then share the end result. I’m living a similar case now, I’m trying my best to be calm, professional and less reactive…it is not that easy specially that sometimes the questions or comments raised by my boss are very provocative, i try to reply and then ask her “what do you think?” …the old school bosses like to have the final word rather than empowering the need, this is unfortunate…

[@vanianardini559]

Thank you Annemarie! Great! To be honest, I've never had a difficult boss ( I'm lucky ☺), but your tips could be easily applied when we are dealing with bossy people, either a colleague or a customer too. In my opinion, it's very useful to reframe what the person said or asked and wait for confirmation before going on. Have a nice Sunday🌞 Vania

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You are right, Vania! These tips can be applied when dealing with colleagues and customers as well! 🙂

[@judymccrary6280]

I love listen to your voice every morning.

[@nanthakand.1588]

I really love this VDO ,it's very useful.🙏

[@thilakasirispathiranage9981]

Long story short to clearly communicate our mind must be connected to our heart. Personally some difficulties related to me are language and right now my health.

[@thilakasirispathiranage9981]

It was full of insight. Thanks a lot.

[@osamaabdelzaherify]

many thanks to you and really i learn a lot from your episodes

[@rekhagarg6013]

Strategy #1 and 2. Love your classes - amazingly helpful!!!

[@sarishri5084]

What a wonderful video 👌. Thank you Ann Marie😊 for posting such a great video👍.

[@abraida]

This is an excellent topic to be elaborated on with the needed literature and vocabulary. I do suggest preparing another lesson in the opposite direction. (How to deal with stubborn staff/subordinates?)

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Great suggestion, thank you!

[@happymom1108]

😁 great idea!

[@fareedahafeez8092]

ANNEMARIE ,Thank you so much , all your lesson are very beneficial I found you while searching for successful job interview videos on you tube. You are doing great job!❤❤💯

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thanks so much for watching, Fareeda Hafeez! I appreciate it and am glad you're enjoying my lessons.

[@kenmcleong8175]

Wow, like this expression “steamrolled”

[@danielchicrala2159]

Great video, thank you!!

[@tuanphananh6810]

Thanks for your lesson. It’s helpful to me.

[@noormariam7432]

Absolutely wonderful video

[@MrTủm777]

Your words and sentence used very nice. I learn and write down almost your lesson in English . The way you talk is serene, luxuriously. Thanks. I am you fan now. :)

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you for the kind comment! I'm thrilled to know you are a fan! 🙂

[@ravinderthakur4664]

I don't have words ....you are awesome

[@ManishSharma-sk2zh]

Hi Annamaria, Informative video. I appreciate your efforts and learned new things. Thank you,

[@gmmobassir8044]

Super Useful

[@fleurdejasmin3620]

You're such a great teacher! Thank you so much I really love the way you explain and give advices, it's clear, nice, and so easy to understand.. the ideas and the words.😍 I hope I will be like you in communication 🥰

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Wow! Thank you so much for the kind comments! I'm thrilled to know my lesson was clear + easy for you to understand!

[@Langnase-vw7sj]

Thank you so much for this greatful lesson. These strategies are n`t usefull in business but also in any difficult situations in life. The first strategy breathe & buy some time helps me to get calm and to organize my thoughts.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're so right! These strategies are helpful for many different situations in life!

[@mariadocarmopereira2886]

I´s an amazing explanation very simple and clean Thanks very much.!

[@suzannenehme7057]

Thank you for sharing, this is really helpful. I enjoy listening to your advice… personally if i have to update my impatient boss, i prefer to answer him/her by email to document everything and then i can request a meeting

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You are so welcome! I hope the strategies shared will be helpful to you in the future!

[@raudybaez19]

Beyond useful. Thanks so much. 🙏🙏

[@ejazajaz]

nice one madam. I am really benefitted from your classes.

[@Ishmartgo]

Hello Annemarie, this video I loved it and really impressed a lot the way you delivered the words. Every project which Im working, I’m extremely steamrolled by stubborn guys and this tips certainly helps and will try to apply and see if I can get through…!

[@klairedy3109]

So helpful for me,thank you

[@jelenarimkiene61]

I DO love your lessons😍

[@xiaoqingqi7310]

Good lesson and smart strategies! 😊 I will try to apply these skills at my work! Thank you, Annemarie, your are the best👍

[@Penpenjunior]

This was not video about english. This s a pure psychology :-)

[@lynettsilver9833]

I am quite lucky and my line managers all are quite professional and inclusive. But I recalled one meeting with my coworker who lost his temper and I asked him directly "why are you angry?" He immediately appoligized, and behaved well then.

[@sepidehsohrabi8736]

Thanks for good video. I think when we deal with impatient bus asking who are he or she is good idea to make him or her calm.

[@Amazementpark]

Such a clear, calm, informative, and encouraging lesson.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you, Wei Liu!

[@peaulinep.r.6436]

Thank you so much, always very useful lessons. Grateful if you could do a lesson on how to handle performance discussions with boss.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Great suggestion! I'll add for a future topic.

[@peaulinep.r.6436]

Thank you very much

[@evelynrv4539]

My boss snaps at me randomly. I never know what will come my way. It's really frustrating, mostly because he is not empowering me to do my job. I usually handle it by giving him a solid short answer. Sometimes it makes him stop but if he continues I stop the conversation. Thanks for you suggestions.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

That sounds really frustrating, Evelyn. Especially that you don't know when it might happen or, perhaps, why. I'm glad you've found ways to just stop the conversation.

[@sseydi2659]

I found it delicious and joyfulness. It was amazing and usefull tips. Thanks a lot my dear teacher in English.🙏🙏🙏

[@monaebrik6989]

Thank you so much😘🥰

[@noormariam7432]

Useful points 😉💚💚👍 💕💕 💖💖

[@healthyfoodlover1124]

That's great thank you❤❤

[@sudakshinabanerjee1744]

Good leader is every way more appropriate than difficult boss

[@annasokalski6317]

Hello Annemarie. I follow your channel for quite some time. Your pronunciation along with your calm voice is so wonderful. I could listen to your forever. I also like your style of attire. Could you please share the information about where did you buy this navy blue shirt with white polka dots? Thanks.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Anna, thank you for the kind comment. I'm glad that my videos are so helpful. 🥰 As for my attire, I don't share those details because I do not promote specific brands. I don't receive any payment from other companies and I don't want to confuse my community about that by sharing those details.

[@zakariaomer17]

Thank so much

[@malleswarimaddineni4032]

Request to make an video on how to deal with coworkers who transfer pressure to us and also try to provoke always.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you for the video request. I'll add it as a future topic!

[@chakralama5776]

Thank you so much Annemarie for your lovely teaching technique which I love it because I feel that it boosts my English speaking power like a native. Thank you once again to remind me to give my thump up and subscribe your channel Annermarie. May success kiss your feet forever

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Thank you for the kind comment and for subscribing to my channel! I wish you much continued success on your English journey!

[@SamiMusic4you]

Thanks so much for your advise! Could you please give a strategy how to deal with my boss. He is always try to avoid written communication and prefer verbal and what happens many times he told me that he didn’t ask me to do that after doing all the work.

[@dengtx3022]

Excellent and professional way to organize your thought when dealing with a difficult boss.

[@MissCheshire20]

Omg thank you sooooo much!!!!

[@noormariam7432]

Love your voice love you sweet sister 😊maryam 🌸🌸

[@annagallistl]

Thank you so much for this video. I intend to use all of these suggestions by my next chance with an impatient boss or in any situation in life that it would be requested.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're so welcome! I hope some of these strategies will help you in those situations.

[@walkslyricsandmore]

I had very bad experience in my former work before pandemic, still don't feel like to go back to work, try to do something by myself now.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I'm so sorry to hear that. Having a bad experience with a coworker can definitely be hurtful and make working more difficult. I hope you will find the right way forward.

[@kattyrodriguez6841]

Thank you 🙏

[@pravinpatel849]

Well explained. Is English your first language?

[@Daro-pt5qg]

Hello welcome you video correct interest thank you😅

[@dineshpurbia9619]

This lesson gives very useful tips

[@noormariam7432]

Good

[@massimouguzzoni8631]

Thanks! 🌹🇮🇹🌹

[@free.tibet123]

Thanks for the good guidance in handling difficult people. But my problem is that I say what it is at the face of the people in the meeting. There are others who say things too but the points I mention are always taken seriously by others and even personally which I don't really understand. So can you guide me in this matter.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi, thanks for the question. Do you mean that others are offended by what you say? What kind of situations are occurring? It may be helpful to review this lesson and focus on the kind of vocabulary and language used to stay polite. Also, tone of voice is always important as well.

[@jh5174]

Help...would like even more about standing up for self, conversing when disagree, or notice another's mistake and get the error corrected without fear...

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I can certainly add these to my list of future lesson topics. In the meantime you might like to check out the following lesson on how to successfully negotiate in English, www.speakconfidentenglish.com/negotiate-in-english/

[@jh5174]

@@Speakconfidentenglish ANNEMARIE, I am a native speaker with social anxiety - an introvert of whom grew up in country and isolated and am finding your lessons extremely helpfulThank you.

[@ronaldcaliva5004]

I find it that majority of people nowadays who are in high position are narrow minded as compared to who they were before they never think of the past when they were also starting out

[@xinhe8870]

Not even dealing with boss but also dealing with other company’s employee. I got frustrated when I received a call from other company’s employee for questioning on the project. Some of them are native speakers. They speak English so fast. I couldn’t understand.

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I'm so sorry, that does sound frustrating. I hope you’ll be able to use strategy #4 in the future. It is OK to ask questions! When you don’t understand a question or comment, ask for further clarification by repeating what was said, or ask “I’m not sure what you mean by ____. Could you rephrase that for me?”.

[@noormariam7432]

Point num 5 is so difficult to do 😯😐

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

You're totally right, Noor. It really is difficult. It's unfortunate that we even have to worry about situations like an impatient boss or coworker. I hope that these ideas will empower you and that you'll feel more prepared if situations like this happen.

[@noormariam7432]

@@Speakconfidentenglish yes I hope so thanks😊

[@SamiMusic4you]

I feel very irradiated each time my boss send me email because he doesn’t say hi Or | and thank you. Also even does not mention my name or say please do this or that. How to respond to his emails? Should I respond likewise?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi, that sounds like a stressful situation. It may be helpful to review this lesson and focus on the kind of vocabulary and language used to stay polite.

[@normamostafa4291]

I have an issue with my manager very simple but I got nervous while talking to her :she has to begin with excuses me then i doubted what I said and have to repeat again then she gave me this look like (see it is work ) or mmmm and answer short reply how I deal with her please answer me

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

Hi Norma, that sounds like a stressful situation. Could you provide a bit more detail on what you mean by a 'short reply how I can deal with her?' I'm not sure I am 100% clear on the exact situation.

[@sunvaj6754]

There was an executive director at a social services agency who often put me down. She picked on me, insulted me on anything. How can I can deal with her in that situation?

[@Speakconfidentenglish]

I'm sorry to hear this, dealing with rude behavior is always uncomfortable. I’m hope the lesson was helpful and you’ll be able to use the strategies shared in the future. Here is another lesson that you might find helpful, www.speakconfidentenglish.com/positive-communication-in-english/

[@fahimkhan6084]

In any job it's best to make contingency plans early should the need arises. Ideally you should leave the job if you can, or find another one. We've seen that even a great nation like USA had not made any plans for a pandemic, when I had repeatedly & accurately predicted this one.

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