My Crazy Office 5 Tips On How to Improve or Maintain Company Morale June 11, 2012 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment Communication is key – keep your staff well informed about job security and the businesses financial health. Show appreciation – Awards, public thank you, small gifts – wine, food, gasoline etc. Plan fun company events – picnics, bowling, pot-luck lunch. Remember birthdays, anniversaries, celebrate each other with a small gift of recognition. Have managers take […] Read more » appreciation caring communication Morale recognition
My Crazy Office 3 Actions to Take When Dealing with a Difficult Boss June 8, 2012 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment The best ways to deal with a difficult boss, is to take care of yourself by: Detaching – easier said then done, but by making sure that you are exercising – to release the negative energy of dealing with a difficult personality. A boss who is a grandiose or a control freak will exhaust you […] Read more »
My Crazy Office 5 Tips For Working with Difficult People June 5, 2012 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment Don’t react in the heat of the moment It’s so tempting when dealing with a difficult person to let them have it, but that never works. You know what happens, you end up getting in trouble because you were heard fighting with a co-worker. So, take a few minutes or even a day to cool […] Read more » bad boss difficult co-workers hateful coworkers
My Crazy Office 5 Signs That You Need an Executive Coach June 4, 2012 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment During these times of rapid change, many people in management positions are navigating both personal and professional challenges. Perhaps you’re one of those people. You may have recently been promoted to a more advanced management position. Or, maybe your company is under new management, Or possibly your job has been re-defined and you find yourself […] Read more » Career advancement Career Support Executive Coach
My Crazy Office What does it take to re-invent your career? June 1, 2012 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment As an executive coach in today’s economy I find myself helping many clients re-invent their careers. I like to say “welcome to the age of opportunity disguised as loss.” As industries shrink and change, staying on top of your skills and seeing work in a slightly different way becomes the new survivor’s thinking. Re-inventing your […] Read more » executive coaching reinvent career work
My Crazy Office Don’t avoid conflict October 5, 2011 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment I have been told by close friends that I walk towards conflict. I don’t think that is accurate. What is accurate is that I have learned not to avoid conflict. In my experience every time I avoid conflict it seems to comes back and because I avoided it the first time, when it comes back […] Read more »
My Crazy Office 8/26/11 is Women’s Equality Day August 26, 2011 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | 1 Comment on 8/26/11 is Women’s Equality Day I guess this means that women have the ability to be equal to men in terms of pay and admittance. For the most part I think this is true and getting better everyday as more and more women are working. But, do women believe they are equal to men? I am often surprised when I […] Read more »
My Crazy Office Scary times – It’s hard to see possibilities April 25, 2011 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment Have you noticed that all conversations end up negative? Every time I talk to someone eventually the conversation turns to “it’s so bad, how can they do this” It could be about: health insurance, clean water, global warming, war, terrorism, jobs, cost of gas, cost of food, making less money, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, cutting […] Read more »