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Never Wrestle with Pigs

By L. Lavon Gray, PhD

Never Wrestle With Pigs

A Survival Guide for Dealing with Difficult Personalities

Tired of your co-workers constantly frying your bacon? Never Wrestle with Pigs: A Survival Guide for Dealing with Difficult Personalities will help you navigate challenging relationships and identify the battles worth fighting. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to do it without smelling like a pig!

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Lavon Gray

L. Lavon Gray, Ph.D., has spent over three decades investing in leaders across the U.S. and around the world. In addition to his extensive experience as a speaker, executive coach and corporate culture expert, Lavon holds a certification in conflict resolution from Cornell University and has completed professional leadership development through Harvard University. To support his work with corporate and non-profit leaders, Lavon developed the Organizational Conflict Index® to assist organizations in identifying their internal conflict levels and develop strategies to promote organizational health.
As a veteran sports official, Lavon brings a unique perspective to the field of conflict resolution. He currently works as an on-field NCAA football official and has officiated in numerous collegiate conferences across the East Coast. An award-winning author, he is a professional member of the National Speaker’s Association and Forbes Coaches Council and is a certified speaker and leadership coach with The John Maxwell Team.
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Lavon Gray has captured the essence and nature of identifying combative personalities in the work place—and, more importantly, offers a roadmap that gives a realistic, common sense, approach to resolving the conflicts they create. A must read for the management in any size organization—and their employees.

– Frank McWhorter, Managing Partner – TMH, PLLC

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