The Most Diplomatic Way to Respond to an Offensive Comment at Work




Life Hacks – Spoken Edition show

Summary: You’re in the break room when a coworker suddenly says something that seems to attack the core of your being. Resist the urge to fire back, and respond like this instead. When somebody says something that hits a nerve, Joan C. Williams, director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of Law, and Alexander Czopp, director of the Center for Cross Cultural Research at Western Washington University, highly recommend you avoid leveling any accusations.