Every workplace has them – the colleague whose communication style grates on you, the team member whose approach seems to undermine everything you're trying to do, or the manager you simply can't read.

In finance and corporate environments, where pressure is high and collaboration is non-negotiable, navigating these relationships isn't optional.

In this episode of the INTHEBLACK podcast, experts discuss the reality of working with people you don't like.

They explore why tension in teams can actually be a competitive advantage, how to tell the difference between a personality clash and a systemic problem, and what self-awareness really demands of us when conflict arises.

Practical, honest and occasionally confronting, this is a conversation every professional needs – not because you'll always like your colleagues, but because you have to work with them anyway.

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Host: Tahn Sharpe, Editor, CPA Australia

Guests: Tammy Tansley, consultant, Leadership and Workplace Culture, and Paula Brough, director, Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing, Griffith University

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