Archive for October, 2010

Tactics to compete with difficult coworker?

Dear Office-Politics, I am writing on behalf of a close friend, "Jane," who has asked me to help her find tactics to compete with a difficult coworker. Jane has been in her current job a bit over two years. For the first year, she felt valued and generally satisfied with her position. ...

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I thought I had an OK work relationship but

Dear Office Politics, I have worked in a high-stress but free-wheeling media office for more than 20 years, and am good at my job, have OK people skills and am generally respected. I received a promotion about a year ago. However, since moving into a particular department (mostly other women) about ...

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