My Crazy Office Workplace Revenge March 8, 2011 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | 3 Comments on Workplace Revenge Read some interesting research today. I learned that retaliating against a boss is more acceptable to employees if the retaliation is an act of no action or omission, than active efforts to harm an unfair boss. I knew this somewhere in my head, but I had to read it to believe it. So this means […] Read more »
My Crazy Office The new normal, it might be O.K. January 25, 2011 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment We knew it was coming, yes it’s finally here, what we thought was temporary was actually the beginning of new normal. So we are doing twice the work with half the resources and stressed to the max. Does this sound familiar? Now, we just have to learn how to live like this. If we had […] Read more »
My Crazy Office New Year New You January 11, 2011 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | 2 Comments on New Year New You New Year – New You? One of the morning T.V. shows is using the term New Year, New You as their tag line. The first time I heard this, I thought, what? Really? Just because it’s the beginning of the year, why do we have to start off like it’s a new page, a new […] Read more »
My Crazy Office No Gossiping Around Me, at least for now November 17, 2010 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment Last week I decided to take a vow of NO GOSSIP. We had given a lecture the week before and addressed how poisonous gossip can be. While I was delivering the lecture I thought to myself, humm you need to take this seriously. How can you give this advice and then actually gossip again? So […] Read more »
My Crazy Office Change is in the air October 27, 2010 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment When one door closes another opens. Change is good. Isn’t that the wisdom people give you when things are not going your way? I know this wisdom well, I say it all the time to everyone around me, but enough is enough. How much change are you dealing with? For me, so many things have […] Read more »
My Crazy Office Breaking up is so hard to do!! October 4, 2010 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment First there’s anger, then the disappointment, then the anger again. Like our book Working with You Is Killing Me says, take the high road when communicating. I know I read our books, oh right I co-wrote them. But, why is it so hard to always take the high road? Maybe it’s because (if you are […] Read more »
My Crazy Office Everyone is so tense! September 30, 2010 / March 13, 2016 by Kathi Elster | Leave a Comment It feels like everyone I come in contact with this week is on their very last nerve and they are about to snap. I witnessed a business owner have a complete meltdown in front of her customers over $65.00. Let’s all take a deep breath. Read more » meltdown business owner about to snap