How to handle workplace disagreements

While everyone all has multiple relationships through their family and friends, for most people, the relationships in which they spend the most waking hours are work relationships.

Disagreements in any relationship can be challenging, but with friends and family, people usually find ways to work out their issues. A disagreement on the job, however, especially with someone who has more authority, can be a very difficult and awkward experience.

Even if someone feels strongly about an idea, decision or a project, they often feel they have little choice but to follow the boss’s wishes. When this o...