Advice Business Career Company Culture Corporate Culture Growth Guest Language Management Mannerisms My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Up Speak Vocal Fry Work Work Advice #40 – Vocal Fry & Up Speak: My Crazy Office, Season 2 December 1, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Radio reporter and host of The Broad Experience Podcast, Ashley Milne-Tyte joins us on this week’s episode of My Crazy Office. We discuss two language trends among the workplace – vocal fry and up speak. First we give advice to a manager about how to hire potential employees who do not sound professional when they […] Read more »
Advice Boundaries Business Career Mannerisms My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #39 – Coffee Breaks & the Office Kitchen: My Crazy Office, Season 2 November 16, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss food in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to a manager about how to handle an employee who takes multiple coffee breaks throughout the workday. Then we give advice to another manager about how to deal with an employee who cooks elaborate […] Read more »
Advice Business Career Conversations Difficult Conversations Feedback Management Managing Up Meetings My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #38 – Giving & Receiving Feedback: My Crazy Office, Season 2 November 9, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss feedback in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to a manager about how to confront a young employee about excessive yawning during meetings. Then we give guidance to an employee whose boss is consistently re-doing the work that they hand in. Read more »
Advice Business Career Company Culture Conversations hiring Interviews My Crazy Office Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #37: Interview Follow-Up & Red Flags: My Crazy Office, Season 2 November 2, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss the hiring process on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice about how to follow-up with an employer after an interview. Then we give guidance to an employee who, during the hiring process, sees red flags that his colleagues do not. Read more » Follow-Up
Advice Business Career Company Culture Conversations Difficult Conversations Diplomacy Interpersonal Skills Job Hunting My Crazy Office Negotiation Podcast Professionalism Relationships Salary Work Work Advice #36: Negotiating Your Worth & Diplomacy: My Crazy Office, Season 2 October 26, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss two common workplace issues – negotiation and diplomacy – on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice about how to negotiate a higher salary. Then we give guidance to an employee who is told to ‘practice diplomacy’ in order to move their career forward. Read more »
Advice Behavior Business Career Cell Phones Disruptions Interpersonal Skills Management Managing Down Managing Up My Crazy Office Phubbing Podcast Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #35 – Phubbing (aka Phone Snubbing): My Crazy Office, Season 2 October 12, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss phubbing – or “phone snubbing” – in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to an employee whose boss is constantly distracted by his smart phone. Then we give guidance to a manager who has inattentive employees due to their smart phone use […] Read more »
Advice Behavior Business Career Comedy Company Culture Invisibility Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Roles Visibility Work Work Advice #34 – Breaking Out of Workplace Roles: My Crazy Office, Season 2 October 5, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss how to break out of the roles we assume at work on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to a “rule keeper” who is having difficulty with a couple of rule breaking senior staff. Then we give guidance to an individual who is completely invisible […] Read more »
Advice Behavior Boundaries Business Career Difficult Conversations Human Behavior Interpersonal Skills Management Managing Down Managing Up My Crazy Office Personalities Podcast Professionalism Relationships Roles Work Work Advice #33 -Difficult Personalities at Work: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 28, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss people and their personalities in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to an individual whose boss is moody, anti-social and difficult to deal with. Then we talk about how a new boss can manage the various personalities and the dilemmas between his […] Read more »