Stephen Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

I just love teams. It's so much easier to get things done with other people than it is to do them alone.

Well, at least it's better when everyone works together. It's like the 1980s movie,

Heathers. Three mean girls named Heather like the 1980s movie, Heather's.

Three mean girls named Heather rule the social scene at their high school with an iron fist.

Their friend Veronica isn't sure that heathers are a good thing for the world.

Let's just say that teamwork breaks down in a rather spectacular fashion.

The problem is that the heathers aren't team players.

They're mean girls.

In real life, mean girls aren't always girls, but they're always mean, and they make

it hard to get things done.

Here's some quick and dirty tips for dealing with tough collaborators.

Tip number one, combat mean girl behavior.

The mean girls and heathers do indeed enjoy the consequences of their actions.

It isn't pretty in the audience. Cheers! In real life, mean girls often don't see the consequences of their actions.

One of my mean girls is a guy who was telling people in the office, almost everyone who works here is stupid.

He would then list the errors people had made and

roll his eyes when they gave an opinion. Soon, everyone was making fun of him behind his back.

He kept up his bad behavior, killed his own advancement prospects, and dragged the team

into endless drama instead of endlessly getting stuff done. If you have a judge-mental

mean girl on your team,

gently, very gently, give him or her feedback on the effects of this behavior.

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