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Perhaps you trusted too quickly.
Remember, everyone has an agenda.
And someone's agenda may involve
squashing you, or getting dirt from
your department and passing it on.
That's why you need to be cautious
with what you say - and with email.
Once you hit "send," you lose all
control over its ultimate destination.
Email is a form of public communication.
Or maybe you shared your feelings too freely. Work isn't your
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Damage Control
There's a misleading rumor in the
grapevine, and this time it's about you.
What do you do? Well, the worst thing
to do is to do nothing. Your silence
reinforces the credibility of the rumor.
The best approach is to involve
intermediaries. Get other people to do
your dirty work. The simple fact that
they're standing up for you will look
good. Also, they can help replace the
rumor with the truth. Often these intermediaries will be your friends at work.
Other times mere acquaintances will
be willing to go to bat for you. Maybe
they dislike your enemy. Maybe this
happened to them before. Maybe they
think you got a raw deal. Whatever
their reasons, if they help you, thank
them. You owe them big time.
You can also fight back on your
own. Go to the biggest talkers in the
organization and tell them that you
heard a rumor about yourself and,
since it contained wrong information,
you'd like to clear up the misunderstanding. Then tell your version of the
story. Be calm; the calmer you are, the
more credible you'll seem. Simply tell
them the facts. Try not to place blame.
Blaming someone will get you involved
in a battle. All you want to do is get the
facts straight.
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OPPOSITE
ATTRACTION
The letters in ALFRESCO
can be remixed to spell two
opposites: CLOSE and FAR.
What pairs of opposites are
in these jumbles?
1. O UNIT
2. FROOT
3. LOW END
4. THE SUM
5. DO CLOTH
6. DOVE DEN
7. PEA ROWS
8. ROSE ELMS
9. SHORT FAD
10. LOG VIDEO
11. SOLD FUTON
12. FELT LUMPY
13. TAKES WRONG
14. REAR WINDOW
Answers, page 128
Puzzles continue on page 126
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WORD GAME BY EMILY COX AND HENRY RATHVON
Wednesday night support group. You
can't expect everyone at work to be
on the lookout for your interests. Your
coworkers not only couldn't care less,
they could use the material against
you. There are creatures in any organization who excel in the art of pumping
others for information and passing it
on. They include:
The Good Mother. These poisonous entities prey on people who are
either new to an organization or who
are in a crisis. On the surface, they
are warm and caring. They use a concerned tone when they speak with you.
They seem sympathetic as they probe
for information, saying things like:
"It must be difficult to work for a controller like Maxine" or "You must be
getting pretty burned out by all that
overtime." Be friendly with these people, but say nothing you wouldn't
announce over the loudspeaker.
Moles. Ask who the moles are.
These insecure creeps believe the only
way they can survive in an organization is to bring dirt back to the boss.
They will take you to lunch and ask
about every aspect of your job. It's
politically astute to go to lunch with
them if they ask you to, but focus only
on positive things about your job. If
you don't reveal something negative,
they'll get visibly frustrated. Eventually
they'll stop pumping you.
The Embittered. They have an axe
to grind. Maybe they were passed over
for a promotion because they didn't
have an MBA. Maybe the person who
brought them into the organization
was fired. Maybe they perceive that
others are getting more travel opportunities than they are. So they try to
create havoc at work. They do this by
plugging misleading information into
the grapevine. If they find a reason to
dislike you or resent you, you could be
a victim. The good news is that it's
easy to spot those troublemakers:
They're the ones with the visible chips
on their shoulders. The bad news is
that you might have to do some damage control if they make you a target.
Game
On!
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Did You Know
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Gear Up: Travel Gear
Style Spotlight: Derby Duds
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Great Tastes: Bonefish Grill
Travel Feature: Highway 30A, Florida
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U.S. and Caribbean Service Map
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