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Workplace conflict is exhausting and what you’ve been doing hasn’t
worked. You’re not imagining it. The passive-aggressive colleague, the indecisive manager, the drama-magnet employee—they’re draining your energy, eating up your time, and making you question your own professionalism. You try everything: documenting, rehearsing, venting, apologizing. But the same conflicts keep popping up, and you’re left
wondering if it&rsquo
;s you. Here’s the truth: The problem isn’t you. It’s the strategies you’ve been given don’t work for the 2025 workplace. “Just talk it out,” “set boundaries,” “take the high road” all worked well in 1972
and sound good, but in today’s world,