Archive for May, 2010

I’m told, “This is the way things will always be”

OfficePolitics.com asked best-selling author, Dan Heath, how an Office-Politics reader (a teacher in an inner city high school) could make change happen, when change is very hard. Dan wrote, "What you’re describing is a culture problem, and culture change takes time. I don’t have a quick fix. But I ...

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The Office Gossip gets an earful from 3 advisers

Dear Office Politics, I try to be a nice person at work and to stay out of politics however about a couple weeks ago I made a comment about a coworker that I know I shouldn't have and now I think it's going to bite me in the butt. I noticed ...

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Unpublished writer cancels signed book deal to win 2010 Axiom Business Book Award

For immediate release: In 2008, Franke James was an unpublished writer who walked away from a major U.S. publisher and a $20,000 book advance. Why? James talks about her decision: “It was like a dilemma straight out of Dear Office-Politics. I can laugh about it now, but it was a tough ...

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Now why on earth did they decide to do that?!

BY STEVE HEARSUM Ever been left bewildered by decisions your company makes? Curious as to what possessed the CEO to propose that strategy, when everyone knows it is barking mad? Baffled as to why you have just spent three hours in a meeting that was supposed to come up with a ...

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