There’s nothing that can sour your workday faster than tension with a colleague. You see them in meetings, exchange clipped hellos and try to avoid each other in the lunchroom.

The conflict may have started small as a disagreement about priorities, a misunderstood comment or a perceived slight, but now it sits between you like a wall. It can feel impossible to relax or focus when someone you have to see every day is a source of frustration.

Here’s the hard truth: holding on to workplace conflict hurts you more than anyone else. It drains your energy, reduces job satisfaction and can even damage your professional reputation. You don’t have to be friends with your co-worker, but you do have to find a way to work together.

Repairing that relationship is not a favour to them, it’s an act of

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