Amy Gallo

How to Work with Anyone

Getting Along

Srinivasan Tatachari

I am not one who believes a lot in “type”s of personality such as the MBTI. This book is actually about 8 archetypes of difficult personalities you will find at work. In that sense I was not impressed, but since this is a genuine problem we all will face in the workplace on a daily basis, it seemed to help. No one will fit neatly into one type and Amy admits that clearly - which makes me more comfortable believing in these types.

Another interesting side effect which looking at possible archetypes of my difficult colleagues was my own ‘type’ - I could see myself as being one of the few types and in that sense a side effect of this book was introspection about how I may be a difficult person to get along with, for others.

I liked how Amy has detailed each archetype - with a lead story and then delve into details of the type, the root causes of such personality, and then how to deal with them, finally closing with what happened next in the lead story. Each of these sections are well articulated and researched, She candidly also admits many of these solutions will not work. A summary chapter on the 8 archetypes and how to identify your colleagues type will be helpful for sure.

I think this book is a very practical handbook on how to deal with people at work and I would be highly recommending it to my students in the organizational behaviour class.

Getting Along How to Work with Anyone

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