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Navigate potentially messy or awkward office conflicts with the help of this guide to professional communication and finding workplace peace. This authoritative manual provides valuable insights for turning conflicts inthe workplace into productive working relationships...

Thirty years ago, Roger Fisher and Bill Ury wrote the groundbreaking book Getting to Yes. It established the mutual gains approach to negotiation, or what the popular media likes to call "win-win negotiation." But there are few, if any, negotiating situations in which everyone can get everything...

Ich bin Sofia Hampton, eine der begabtesten Überlebenskünstlerinnen. Mein Job als virtuelle Assistenz wird jedoch hart auf die Probe gestellt, als mein Auftraggeber mich zu sich nach Hause bestellt. Wir verbringen gemeinsam die Nacht meines Lebens und ich bin mehr als erstaunt, als er am nächsten Morgen verschwunden ist und kurz darauf in allen Zeitungen und Fernsehsendern erscheint. Als wäre das nicht genug, bittet er mich auch noch, seine heimliche Geliebte zu werden und offiziell für ihn als Assistentin zu arbeiten. Das Problem? Mein Herz, ein positiver Schwangerschaftstest und seine Verlobte.

In today’s age of Zoom calls and hybrid workplaces, how can leaders foster relationships that allow everyone to succeed? A trio of best friends and leadership consultants at SkyeTeam have the surprising answer: workplace success starts by being a friend. Meet the Ally Mindset, a model for proactive, thoughtful work relationships. As you heal adversarial relationships and strengthen weaker ties, you’ll find that when you have best friends at work—colleagues who have your back—you thrive.

Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging divides.

In their best-seller Working with You Is Killing Me, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster taught readers how to free themselves from emotional traps created by difficult colleagues. Now they apply their research and insights to the challenges of "toxic bosses." Sooner or later, we all work for someone we can't stand. When that happens, some people quit, some suffer in silence, and others cope by sulking, obsessing, avoiding, or retaliating.