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Archive for April, 2008

Animal training to solve office politics problems

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I have been having difficulty with a fellow administrator coming in behind me and directing employees as he sees fit, contradicting the tasks that I have already assigned. The employee doesn't know which one to follow and so they follow the one who is there at the time ...

The Scorpion and the Turtle

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I have worked in this office for about 3 years and I am a social person, trying to get along with most people. I tend to lean toward the positive people to hang out with. I became friends with the HR assistant when I was first hired. I have ...

Marginalized like a fly on squat

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, The rundown of players: My Boss: Overall a good guy, with a great work ethic but appears to have misplaced his balls. In all honesty, he lacks leadership ability and there were many of times I was forced to sit in his office and hear him bemoan the lack of ...

Slow day at work? Let’s dance!

Monday, April 21st, 2008

By Franke James, MFA Work can get pretty boring, so how do you liven it up? Dance of course! A crazy dance concept to entertain TV viewers worked sensationally for two traffic reporters in two different states: Jill Nicolini from the CW11 Morning News, in New York, and Bob Herzog, from ...

The new guy I hired is HATED

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Dear Office Politics, I recently received a promotion and hired my replacement; however, everyone who now reports to him hates him. He is a very talented manager of work, but lacks charisma and needs to improve on his people skills. We have lost a couple of good people due to his ...

Seven Ways to Boost Your Executive Stamina

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

By Marty Seldman, Ph.D. and Joshua Seldman Executives need stamina to remain consistently focused on and energized about the task at hand. Getting too tired, busy or stressed also increases your chances of making career damaging mistakes. In "Executive Stamina" (John Wiley, May 2008) you'll learn the skills and systems necessary ...

No longer the star in my boss’s eyes

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I hope you can shed some light on my situation. I joined this company as a marketing coordinator with a great reputation in the lifestyle industry. I worked really hard and gave my best to the company. When I first joined, the company was undergoing a change ...

Chomping at the bit to get “into the game”

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I recently started working as a full time temporary employee with a college institution in their athletic department. I made it clear that my intentions were to hopefully become a permanent full time employee at some point. The pay is several hundred dollars more a month and is really ...

Inspiring Thoughts: Political Courage

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Kathleen Kelley Reardon, Ph. D. writes: "Courage is a kind of power akin to but more substantial than charisma. Courageous people are at once admired and feared, largely because they appear to lack fear themselves and also because they are unpredictable. These attributes make them an anomaly. As one manager ...

Workplace political debate has pitfalls

Friday, April 11th, 2008

OPINION BY JOHN A. CHALLENGER John A. Challenger is chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc., the global outplacement consultancy that pioneered outplacement as an employer-paid benefit in the 1960s. Challenger is a recognized thought leader on workplace, labor, and economic issues. With the contest and ...

Rising star treated like trained monkey

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I am a fresh, new female lawyer working under another female lawyer (a Partner in the firm). She gives me the most pathetic of jobs like 'translating a one-line letter', proof-reading letters and labeling files. Other partners in the firm have more confidence in my abilities and have given me ...

I escaped but the snake is still loose

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Dear Office-Politics, I have been with a small company for almost 5 years now. I was quite young when I began, and was initially brought on as an assistant to a program director. This was the first job I had after university, on the other side of the ...