Working relationships with bosses, colleagues and clients is often a great source of stress and negative emotion. From research and working with clients, it seems a lot of unhappiness is caused by a unsupportive boss, a 'difficult' colleague or an unreasonably demanding client. So what can we, as individuals do to relieve this stress and learn to communicate well with those around us?

One of the things I always bring to mind when I feel frustration or anger building with someone is one of the presuppositions of NLP that says "Everyone is doing the best they can with the resources they have". Most people don't set out to be deliberately 'difficult' or 'overly demanding' and they are usually reacting to the responsibilities and demands made on them in both their personal and professional life. Being able to just accept a person for who they are goes a long way towards a more peaceful relationship between you, and a less stressful life for you. Being able to 'step into their shoes' and see things from their perspective also helps you to understand more about their behaviour and understand that what we might perceive as dominating, controlling, bossy or unreasonable, often comes from a place of fear and insecurity. If you were feeling these kind of feelings and emotions, how would you want others to respond to you, what would you need in order to feel more secure and build trust with those around you? I have created a report which explains step-by-step how to use a great technique called Perceptual Positioning and you can download a copy for free here.

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