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...Bosses

Just because you're the boss doesn't mean your subordinates have to respect you. But they'remore likely to do so if you don't patronise them...

...Redundancy

No matter what protestations your employer makes about 'rationalisation', 'downsizing' and the 'troubled economic climate', you will inevitably experience redundancy as a rejection and humiliation...

...Jargon

Yes, we all have 'issues' with jargon; let's all be proactive about the way we interface, give it some face-time, run it up the flagpole and kick the tires... and so on...

...Work and Play

In the majority of cases, your colleagues are not your friends. They exist in a parallel universe where it is understood that quasi-friendships will be maintained for the sake of office harmony...

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