Szukana fraza: [Abstract = "The article proposes the inclusion of relational styles of managers in difficult situations occurring in an employee team. Four types of relational styles have been distinguished\: partner, handler, buddy and coach. The research covered 261 middle and senior managers of one of large corporations in Poland. The research was carried out for two years during the training contract. The article presents the results of relational style research at the training stage, which allowed to diagnose the relational style of the surveyed managers."]