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Best Of: Are You Working For a Narcissist? – My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 7

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Kathi and Katherine talk about narcissism on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show. How do you work for a narcissistic boss? Listen to this week’s podcast here.

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Best Of: Critical, Controlling Bosses – My Crazy Office, Season 7

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Kathi and Katherine talk about critical, controlling bosses on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to someone who is struggling with a new boss who corrects everything she does. Then we ask what if you are a manager who is called a micromanager?

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Negotiating During a Pandemic

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What are you negotiating for at work? Is it a promotion? A raise? Working from home full time? A new position? Working less? Changing teams? Retirement? Whatever aspect of your work life you are currently negotiating, the pandemic makes an already unpredictable task more stressful then usual. Negotiating is not everyone’s favorite thing to do. It can […]

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New Social Contracts for the Workplace

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A social contract is an unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau popularized the idea of the social contract in the 1700s, but it’s just as applicable today. A good example is when we go to the airport and go through security. We may not […]

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Tough Conversations Require Executive Presence

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You are probably facing some difficult conversations at work regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). If not, you should be. Now is the time.   Entering these uncomfortable discussions requires the first rule of executive presence, Know Your Audience. Knowing your audience means that you are able to communicate the necessary messages without ruffling feathers. You know the […]

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Do You Have Staff Who Are Afraid to Return to the Office?

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In just a matter of days, the coronavirus pushed people inside their homes, accelerating a digital transformation around the world. Getting workers out of their homes and back into offices is going to prove harder. According to a new survey by researchers at India-based workplace services firm Ionotrics and San Diego–based Global Workplace Analytics: 77 percent […]

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