Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen are co-authors of the recent book Office Mate: The Employee Handbook for Finding--and Managing--Romance on the Job. In the book, Losee and Olen explain how office romance can be good for you. The New York Times called the book "a kind of 'The Rules' for the office" and Time called it "thoughtful" and "persuasive." Losee and Olen are business and lifestyle journalists who blog together on The Huffington Post and who have also written about workplace relationships for the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. The book's web site is www.officematebook.com. Losee's web site is www.stephanielosee.com, and Olen's work can be found on www.helaineolen.com.

Blog Entries by Stephanie Losee and Helaine Olen

Who Says It's Settling?

Posted February 26, 2008 | 11:30 AM (EST)


A few weeks ago, The Atlantic published an intriguing essay by memoir writer Lori Gottlieb. Titled "Just Settle: The Case for Marrying Mr. Good Enough," Gottlieb used her own example as evidence that maybe, just maybe, a woman shouldn't hold out for the guy who earns seven figures...

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The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Posted February 13, 2008 | 12:49 PM (EST)


When we began researching office romance for our current book on the topic, we were warned that we were entering dangerous territory, legal and otherwise. We were encouraging sexual harassment. We were suggesting that the lovelorn become romantic predators, going from job to job in search of a spouse. Our...

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Your Professional Emails, IMs, and Texts Are Not Private -- Get Over It

Posted January 24, 2008 | 03:19 PM (EST)


It's less than a month into the New Year, and already a mayor of a major American city finds himself embroiled in an office romance scandal. This time it's Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who denied under oath that he had an affair with top aide Christine Beatty and is now...

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For Love or Pink Slips: Why On-The-Job Nookie With The Boss Is A No-No

Posted November 28, 2007 | 02:48 AM (EST)


The American Red Cross announced yesterday it was letting go of Mark Everson, its president of a mere six months, after allegations that the married head of the charity had engaged in a "personal relationship" with a junior employee.

We all know what that means.

On the...

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You've Come How Far, Baby?

Posted October 3, 2007 | 01:28 PM (EST)


In what can only be regarded as a dirty joke, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' long-awaited autobiography is appearing in stores just as a New York City jury has found that New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sexually harassed a colleague. The jury ordered Madison Square Garden -- corporate...

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