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TITLE PUNCHING OUT  page 2 of 2
SUBHEAD Weekly Answers to
Office Quandries
AUTHOR Professor
Peter Rachleff

Punching Out

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Don't let a little bit of status get in the way of the sort of day-to-day relationships you need on the job, relationships that make your tasks easier to accomplish and can help you to feel better about yourself at the end of the workday. Find out why this secretary is acting out toward you. I'll bet she's really pissed at the lawyers in your office and how they treat her, but she doesn't feel safe enough to challenge them. So she represses that anger and lets it out at you, someone the lawyer-bosses seem to have painted a target on. Approach her like an adult, like a sister, a fellow worker. You might be surprised at how she will respond, and how your worklife will change.
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