Stanford Professor Bob Sutton goes over various ways to distance yourself from awful people in the workplace, from obvious tactics like sitting further away or finding a safe hideout, to subtler strategies like reducing the frequency of interaction to give them time to cool off. The renowned management expert also says supervisors should help: “A great boss is somebody who protects you from idiocy from on high.”

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