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Should I ask an ex-employee’s fiance back?



Linda Kaplan Thaler, co-author of The Power of Nice, and CEO of The Kaplan Thaler Group has answered the letter below. Read the Office-Politics book review on The Power of Nice. Dear Office-Politics, I had an employee, Steven, that the previous manager, Bill, hired. After a short period, Bill hired Steven’s fiancé, ...

This isn’t just office politics, it’s family politics…



Dear Office-Politics, I work in an office with a boss, his mother is the "office manager" and his sister is support personnel. I am supposed to be directly responsible only to the boss. For some reason, the mom and sister seem jealous of anyone getting close to their family member, the ...

My boss has employed her nephew’s girlfriend…



Dear Office-Politics, My boss has employed her nephew's girlfriend. I told my boss that i was unhappy about her telling me to come off my lunch and answer phones and things have gone downhill since. When i told my boss she did agree that nobody should be telling each other what ...

TV-Writer Blocked



2006-10-31 4:43 pm Dear Office-Politics, I've recently taken a position writing for a network television show. I was one of three writers that they took on to make the show better. Thus far, I've managed to be productive and show that I can contribute consistently to the show's producers however, one of ...