How to Stop Workplace Chaos: A Leader’s Guide to Managing Difficult People with Mark McPherson

2025-08-25

Mastering Difficult Conversations: A Playbook for Leaders with Mark McPherson Are you dealing with workplace drama that’s draining your time, energy, and patience? You’re not alone. In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we dive into one of the biggest leadership challenges—handling difficult people and mastering tough conversations. Whether it’s an underperforming employee, a toxic team member, or someone who turns every conversation into a battle, avoiding the problem is costing you more than you think. This episode focuses...

Mastering Difficult Conversations: A Playbook for Leaders with Mark McPherson

Are you dealing with workplace drama that’s draining your time, energy, and patience? You’re not alone.

In this episode of Marc Haine Live, we dive into one of the biggest leadership challenges—handling difficult people and mastering tough conversations. Whether it’s an underperforming employee, a toxic team member, or someone who turns every conversation into a battle, avoiding the problem is costing you more than you think.

This episode focuses on the power of showing great kindness in all aspects of life, sharing valuable life lessons and promoting community spirit. Learn how to be a positive influence and create teachable moments through empathy and compassion. Discover the impact of kindness is universal and how it can transform your interactions at work and beyond.

About Mark (McPherson)

Mark is the creator of the Workplace Performance Blueprint, Real Life Rehearsals and Personal Conversation Scripts. He helps you combine the Verbal, Vocal and Visual Codes of Communication to Cultivate Best Practice Behaviour, Master Tough Conversations and Deal with Difficult People.

This gives you a team which performs well and is highly productive. It means you finish each day holding your head up high and go home relaxed. Mark’s been a Science Teacher, Lecturer in Behaviour Management, Senior Education Officer in Drug and
Alcohol and Sexual Health, Team Leader in NSW Police, and a researcher, instructional designer, trainer and coach. Mark has formal undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Science, Health, Education and Psychology.

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