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Interpersonal Edge
Help readers be more effective in the workplace with improved communication skills. Daneen Skube's Q&A business advice column helps readers handle any situation, whether involving a co-worker, boss, employee or client. The column provides simple, practical answers to
everything from how to handle a passive-aggressive co-worker to how to tell your boss you've messed up. It's advice that gives readers a competitive advantage at the office. Great for classifieds.
Interpersonal Edge Samples
Workplace Suffering Can Result in Enlightenment
Q. There are so many things wrong with my current job that it would take a book to list them all. A. Show me a person that can't make a list of what is wrong with their life in and out of the workplace and I'll show you a person who is lying.
Help! I'm A Mommy Not a Manager!
Q. I am a manager and I feel like more of a mommy. A. Yes, most managers think there are only two approaches to get employees to do what they want: Either ask "pretty please," or scare employees into performing.
Is Job Loyalty for Better or Worse?
Q. I have worked for my company for 10 years, and the manager I loved just retired. A. You should negotiate for a different job, but it may not mean leaving your current company.
Sexual Tension Complicates Workplace
Q. I work with a guy and can tell we are both extremely attracted to each other. A. A workplace flirtation can put more spice in your job and more spring in your step. Married or unmarried, unless you intend to say "I do" to more than sex in the supply closet, you're risking your professional reputation and job.
Befriend your Restlessness
Q. Since summer has hit, I notice myself daydreaming a lot at work. A. Change is not a solution to a problem you have not yet identified. Henry David Thoreau observed, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
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