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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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