"I'm not asking you to sleep with the guy. Just get on with him well enough to do a good job." When Patrick Dunne, chairman of youth charity Leap and former 3i communications director, was told this by his first boss it may have seemed like little consolation in a difficult situation. But, years later, he is himself championing this approach. "Conflict is an inevitable part of working life," says Dunne. "It's okay not to like someone; you can still have a good professional relationship." And it is more than that: conflict can help us thrive.
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