Dealing With a Snake in The Grass

A snake in the grass is the colleague who smiles while sabotaging. You’ll learn to spot their behaviours—two-faced praise, backhanded compliments, gossip, undermining ‘help’, and tone mismatches.

You’ll also unpack motives: insecurity, jealousy, approval-seeking, toxic cultures, or personal stress. This reframing helps you depersonalise the behaviour.

Finally, we’ll explore twelve proven tactics. The outcome: you can’t always change snakes, but you can neutralise their bite and keep control of your career path.