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Regardless of where you work, there is a huge chance that you will encounter a few people that you will not like for some reason. It may have something to do with their work ineptitude, their obnoxious manner, or maybe even an irritating mannerism. It is virtually impossible to like everyone in the office and fortunately, you don't have to. You do need to find ways of getting over your personal differences and making sure your productivity is not put at risk.

Since you can't avoid coming across these people who are simply hard to work with, you might as well equip yourself with skills to be able to handle the situation in a professional manner.

1. Do Not Act Like The Boss

Unless you're a high-ranking officer in your company, you do not have the privilege of giving direct orders to your co-workers and instructing them on the right way to perform their responsibilities. You really can't do much to change other people's attitude towards work or modify the way they do their jobs.

The only thing you can do is to finish your own tasks to the best of your abilities and hope that they start changing their ways.

2. Resolve Conflicts Through Spoken Communication

For some people, a direct confrontation is the most effective way to resolve issues. Others prefer talking on the phone. Both of these methods are fine, but you might want to avoid attempting to solve the problem via email.

Written words may sound harsher than you originally meant. If you have no choice but to send an email, make sure that you read your message to yourself before hitting the send button. Review the email and make sure that it won't sound accusatory or angry.

3. Don't Gossip About The Person

People are naturally attracted to juicy news about individuals other than themselves. Even if you just tell a single person about your issues, it won't take 15 minutes for the news to travel in hushed tones throughout the office.

Make sure before you speak that it's not gossip. If it is stay quiet. This is the only way to avoid spreading rumors, or having rumors spread about you.

4. Don't Hold Grudges Against Your Co-workers

Regardless of how frustrated or angry you might be at the attitude or work ethic of your co-worker, keep in mind that you have nothing to gain by harboring these ill feelings.

Feeling these negative emotions will have unwanted effects on your work productivity, so it will be best for you to just let the feelings go and concentrate on more vital issues.

You can reverse your anger by thinking positive thoughts and keeping your mind focused on completing your own job assignments.

5. List The Reasons You Don't Care For That Co-worker

This may seem like an unnecessary and overindulgent thing to do, but this is an effective way of staying unaffected by your co-worker's actions. As soon as an item makes it to the list, do not allow your mind to think of it again.

Make it look professional. In the event of a squavel you have documented proof of their behaviors.

Once you implement these techniques in the workplace you can go about your work day without incident.