How to Work with Complicated People

Strategies for Effective Collaboration with (Nearly) Anyone

De: Ryan Leak

Narrado por: Ryan Leak

Bestselling author and transformational speaker Ryan Leak shares research-based strategies for working with even the most challenging people to create more collaborative and productive teams.

Who is the most complicated person you work with?

You probably don’t have to think very hard to answer that question. You already know their name, their job title, their quirks, and their flaws. You have firsthand experience with the mental and emotional fallout they leave in their wake. You’ve seen the problems their complexity creates for everyone on their team. You wish you could fix them, solve them, ignore them, or teleport them to a parallel dimension.

But you can’t.

You have to work with them.

(You could quit, but your next job will have a complicated person waiting for you.)

That means you need effective strategies to collaborate with (nearly) anyone. Especially the picky, prickly, problematic ones.

Drawing from his global consulting experience with teams and leaders from the glitz of sports and entertainment, to the number-crunching world of finance, to the meticulous realms of insurance, pharma, and manufacturing, Ryan Leak provides proven strategies for…

• Seeing challenging individuals as human beings to understand rather than problems to solve
• Detoxing unrealistic expectations and getting comfortable with complicated
• Learning to communicate effectively in complex environments
• Embracing healthy disagreement as a tool to discover better solutions
• Setting boundaries that let people into your world without letting them run your world

“The process of learning to collaborate with difficult individuals is transformative—it’s a gateway to greater creativity, stronger teams, and increased productivity,” Leak explains. “On the other side of complicated is the wonderful, wide-open world of effective collaboration and a workplace you love.”

©2025 Ryan Leak (P)2025 Maxwell Leadership

I’m complicated

Learning more about me is key! I get it. Look inwards before attempting to label/call another person “complicated” because my point of view maybe causing things to become “complicated”.

I can handle complicated people

I enjoyed the different personalities that were shown in this book and also how it made me do self reflection on if I’m a complicated person and what to do about it once again it is a great job and enlightening to have tools to help you be successful thanks Ryan

So practical and much needed in our world!

This book was very practical for me and it has really challenged me in my communication and processing of interactions.

To take a look at ourselves and then work with others.

Thank you for this amazing book. This help me to open my eyes and understand others.

The final chapter was my most needed

The entire book was a reminder that you are just as complicated as those whom you work with. However, it was very valuable and I really appreciated his notes on each chapter. Glad I bought the audio book as well as the hardcover.

Fantastic!

Applicable to ALL relationships, both work and personal. Highly recommend this read! And his extra input at the end of each chapter is awesome too.

Not what I expected

If you are a social, empathetic person that has done therapy I wouldn’t waste time on this book. Also title is misleading it should be called “how to change your attitude to work with complicated people” cause duh people don’t change.

He got paid for this drivel

How many ways to tell someone that they are THE asshole & need to change. Duh!!!!!