"ON the whole, it was very disagreeable,” wrote a certain great traveller and hunter, summing up an account of his position, as he composed himself to rest upon a certain evening after a hard day’s ...

The first rule of having a meaningful conversation is to listen. Give your colleague a chance to speak. You should not just listen, though. You need to listen keenly and process what the other person ...

In sectors fueled by creativity, where happy teams are so important, it's often ‘agreeable’ more extrovert people who get hired (by other people just like them.) They're certainly a whole lot more fun ...

I’m beginning to think either I’m getting old or I’ve been living under a rock, but apparently I missed the obituary for the age-old adage, “We need to disagree without being disagreeable.” In today’s ...

When you have an employee who questions your decisions, you can choose to see them as a negative grump, or you can follow the advice of famed organizational psychologist Adam Grant and generously ...

The evidence is in: Nice guys and gals don’t finish last, and being a selfish jerk doesn’t get you ahead. That’s the clear conclusion from research that tracked disagreeable people—those with selfish, ...

New research finds that the most disagreeable individuals, who are also the least likely to be kind, can benefit most from behaving more compassionately. The most disagreeable individuals, who are ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It turns out that being the office jerk doesn't necessarily lead to greater career success. Researchers at the University ...