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Managing Difficult Personalities

Gain proven strategies to effectively navigate challenging personalities and transform conflict into productive outcomes for professional and personal growth.

Created byLynn Fountain
BeginnerUpdated Aug 5, 2025
Managing Difficult Personalities

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify signs of challenging personality types.
check_circleLearn effective communication strategies.
check_circleDe-escalate toxic interactions.
check_circleDevelop practical tactics for difficult situations.
check_circleImprove your personal coping mechanisms.

About This Course

Welcome to "Managing Difficult Personalities," a vital course for navigating the complexities of human interaction in both professional and personal spheres. In today's dynamic world, effective communication and conflict resolution are more crucial than ever.

This course will equip you with practical strategies and insights for understanding and addressing challenging behaviors.

You will learn to:

  • Identify the signs of difficult personalities and evaluate your own role in various relationships.
  • Employ effective communication techniques tailored to different personality types, including hostile, "know-it-all," and passive-aggressive individuals.
  • De-escalate toxic situations by maintaining composure, offering solutions, and setting appropriate boundaries.
  • Utilize proven tactics from crisis intervention experts to proactively manage unreasonable behavior.
  • Prepare yourself for future challenging interactions and understand when to seek professional intervention.

By mastering these skills, you will enhance your coping mechanisms, improve interpersonal relationships, and foster a more productive and harmonious environment around you.

Your Instructor

Lynn Fountain
Lynn Fountain
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Lynn Fountain has over 45 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 24 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance. Ms. Fountain has held two Chief Audit Executive positions for international companies. In 2011, as the Chief Audit Executive for an international construction/ engineering firm, she was involved in the active investigation of a joint venture fraud. The investigation included work with the FBI and ultimately led to indictment of the perpetrators and recovery of $13M. Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own training and consulting business and is a regular trainer for the AICPA. Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books. “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations” was published by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation. -“Leading The Internal Audit Function” and -“Ethics and The Internal Auditor Political Dilemma” were published by Taylor & Francis In addition Ms. Fountain was a contributing author to the certification program exam for the National Association of Accountants. She also has certificate programs on various on-line platforms. Ms. Fountain has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and developed the first internal audit curriculum for the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA credentials and CPA certificate (non-active).

Credit Information

Do these courses count toward my professional development requirements?

This portal is provided as a training and development resource for City of Markham employees. Every course is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, is quantifiable in hours, and is verifiable — you receive a documented certificate of completion for every course you finish, stored on LearnFormula indefinitely.

If you hold a professional designation (for example in engineering, accounting, human resources, or law), courses may be counted as professionally relevant, verifiable learning activities toward your continuing professional development. Individual practitioners are responsible for confirming that an activity meets the requirements of their professional body. For questions about the City of Markham's training and development policies, please speak with your people leader or Human Resources.

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