Suggestions on how to navigate a "toxic" business partner?
As the title suggests, I'm a part owner with 2 other business partners and one of the partners seems to have big chip on their shoulder. Just a little history. Both of my current business partners used to be my employees at another company I owned years ago, but I left that business. I have a good relationship with my other business partner, but for some reason the 3rd partner just can't seem to communicate with me on anything.
For full transparency, I've also been struggling with her and the way she navigates as a "business owner." She's kind of a slob, can't seem to focus on her particular tasks without being reminded they need to be done, can't communicate what is bothering her and in general it doesn't feel like she is pulling her weight.
Naturally, because the way she functions as an owner, it's been causing me to have a lot of resentment and frustration, which I'm sure is showing. I've tried sharing this with the owners in general terms because I knew if I called her out on it specifically, she would react by shutting down and taking it as a personal attack.
Anyway, without really going into the weeds. I'm just curious how people manage these situations?