| Tracy is Uncomfortable with Ling's Accent, Credentials and Style | | |
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| Nancy, the lone woman on the project, gets ignored. | | |
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| Phyllis is visually impaired, new to the team, and fells separate from the group. | | |
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| How do you accommodate employees in wheelchairs or with other disabilities? | | |
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| A customer is offended when an employee uses her first name. | | |
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| Ron is young, ambitious, and full of ideas that seem näive to his older, long-tenured manager. | | |
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| A Danish manager has trouble with his mixed Danish and Swedish team. Senior management hasn't shown much sympathy or understanding. | | |
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| Employees are upset that a foreign-born worker sleeps during the workday. | | |
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| Employees treat others differently for educational goals | | |
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| One employee is angered because another is so concerned with his kids. Maybe he doesn't spend enough time at the office. | | |
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| Staff assumes traveling coworkers are at play because of locale. | | |
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| He can't talk to an employee who may be dressing inappropriately. | | |
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| Some staff upset by coworker's spending habits. | | |
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| An employee's transfer is described as "career suicide." | | |
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| A plant manager wants to improve the skills of his entire workforce. His boss thinks spending training time and money on janitors and others blue collar workers is a waste. | | |
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| Position calls for college or equivalent experience. But equivalent experience usually gets ignored. | | |
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| They thought a dunk tank would amuse the employees. | | |
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| Employee wants transfer to help aging parents. | | |
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| She resists training opportunities and resents other departments as "cost centers." | | |
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| Company recruits disproportionally from a small number of colleges. | | |
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| Coworkers deride fellow employee's attitude and imply that it's gender-related. | | |
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| Former refugee witnessed her mother's death at the hands of a Black soldier. Now she's scared of African Americans. | | |
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| Manager never seems to get to the point, even when he has a problem. | | |
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| African American nurse just wants to stay a nurse. How to motivate him? | | |
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| Employer requests input, employee feels the input was not valued. | | |
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| Sales manager insists that other departments jump to do his work first. | | |
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| Employee has new health problem and the manager wants to accomodate while keeping others happy. | | |
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| Employee sees college grads passing him by, despite superior experience. | | |
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| Manager poised to land contract, misinterprets understanding by Chinese partners. | | |
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| A French engineer insists on slow review of data, which irritates other workers. | | |
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| A Muslim associate is starting to lose his patience about the lack of respect he's encountered. | | |
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| Employee's religious beliefs requires that she not participate in birthday celebrations, which could conflict with job requirements. | | |
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| A colleague is improper with women and it's affecting your team. | | |
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| A gay hire prospect would be a good fit, but you're concerned about another manager's attitude. | | |
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| The store has hired a new salesman who is black and Dennis is worried about losing his regular Black customer to the new guy. | | |
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| One focused on just getting done, one focused on getting along. Is one right and one wrong? | | |
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