Aoife O'Brien
Founder · Happier at Work
Host of the Happier at Work podcast. Combines evidence, honesty and lived experience to break down the real drivers of engagement.
Episode
EP 255 · 4 December 2025
Why some people are difficult at work, with Aoife O'Brien
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Their segments in this episode (16)
- aoife s favourite chapter to write
- are there people who just enjoy being difficult
- diagnosing geoff the three universal needs
- how to build a thriving team as a new manager
- how to tell if you re the difficult one in the room
- meet aoife o brien
- micromanagement as a signal not a personality flaw
- silicon valley s guilfoyle when difficult is high performance
- the one thing aoife wants you to take from her book
- top 3 takeaways for leaders
- using the framework to identify what s driving behaviour
- what younger aoife would tell herself about being micromanaged
- where the manager s responsibility ends
- where unmet needs come from hint childhood
- why difficult people aren t bornthey re created
- why some people are difficult at work