Last week, ProfHacker published a post about “disruptive colleagues” in meeting situations.  You know, the “disruptive” ones are the ones who make meetings miserable experiences for everyone else by talking too much, by thwarting new initiatives, by making constant comparisons to other (better) universities, by bullying, by reminding everyone how much smarter (more accomplished, more attractive) she/he is than everyone else.  This subject of “disruption” is an important one at ProfHacker.  We have an entire series on how to handle the “disruptive students” in our classes.  We needed one on how to handle disruptive peers.  This is an important subject post for new faculty, as learning how to navigate these personalities is not part of graduate education.

Last week’s post generated many excellent comments and suggestions to faculty about how to handle these sensitive issues.  One …

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