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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
Breathe Life into Your Old Career
Q: When I started out in my career, I guess I was idealistic. A: Take comfort in knowing you have a lot of company. The reason our old jobs get so stale is our brains become bored when we keep repeating the same tasks.
Paranoid at Work? Read This!
Q: In your Nov. 23 column you talked about people thinking others are walking around plotting their downfall, when actually the "others" are equally uncomfortable and usually not being malicious.
Paraphrase to Win Arguments
Q: I have a trainee who blames her failure on features of the work that are true but unchangeable. A: You probably feel like you're waltzing with a porcupine, but it takes two to bicker.
Manage Attacking Coworker by Being Boring
Q. I've been in a long-term conflict with a coworker. A. Be boring. I realize some people just like to fight. Work to reduce your reactivity to his power plays. Every time he comes after you, use the most boring response you can muster.
Reduce Anxiety to Engage Stonewalling Coworker
Q. What can you do or say to a person when you have an office conflict if they refuse to engage you in dialogue, and gossip about you from afar? A. You are correct that not everyone is capable of conversation. 1) Don't take their behavior personally.
Identifying Workplace Superstars
Q. Our company started hiring again, and we brought in a number of supervisors that looked like rising stars. A. Workplace research has shown repeatedly that many factors can result in a "halo effect" during hiring.
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