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Bombarded by noise and frequent interruptions

Dear Office-Politics, I have a postgraduate degree and am a Teacher. I needed to get a full time job and as there was not one in my field I have taken up an admin job (my first career). It is very unusual in that it is in a large ...

Posted in Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | 1 Comment »

Linda Kaplan Thaler on The Power of Nice

Review by Franke James, MFA The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness Authors: Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval The Power of Nice has been described as ‘a wonder drug’, ‘the antidote to our increasingly mean-spirited culture’, the way to ‘improve just about everything in your life’, and ...

Posted in Coaching Employees, office politics, Stealing Credit | 4 Comments »

I am not getting proper credit for my work…

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 have been a member of a government scientific research team for several years. I have specialized skills ...

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I am being ridiculed behind my back…

Dear Office-Politics, I work at a large public library system and I have been there for 6 years. I had previously worked for them part-time, but left to finish school and returned in a professional capacity. The problem is I am very rough around the edges when it comes to dressing right, ...

Posted in Cliques, Coworkers driving me Crazy, office politics | 1 Comment »

CFO made anti-Semitic remarks…

Dear Office-Politics, What to do when the CFO makes anti-Semitic remarks in front of the General Manager and Human Resources and no one corrects her during a meeting? Also when Human Resources shares with the staff members other personal information regarding employees? What do you do when Human Resources is ...

Posted in Bullies and Bad Bosses, office politics, Toxic Workplaces | No Comments »

Trumped by a very competent brown-noser

Dear Office-Politics, I've seen lots of complaints about the co-worker who is the 'incompetent' brown-noser. My dilemma is about the 'very competent' brown-noser. What do you do about him? Yes, he's competent, but not quite as competent as he makes himself out to be. He's no more competent than ...

Posted in Brownnosers & Sycophants, office politics | 12 Comments »

The friend, I helped, has now turned on me…

Dear Office-Politics, I have a dilemma when it comes to working in my office. I am employed by a large Temp Agency and applied for a position as a payroll clerk near my home. The hours were great and it was only a 20 minute commute each way, instead ...

Posted in Backstabbers & Snakes, office politics | 3 Comments »

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