Category: Interpersonal Skills

Competing Against Extroverts – Live Show: My Crazy Office, Season 3

Kathi and Katherine answer questions from a live My Crazy Office podcast show.

First we give advice about how to handle aggressive coworkers.

Then we discuss how introverts can succeed in the workplace.

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#41- When The Personal Gets Professional: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss when your personal life seeps into your professional life on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an employee whose boss has been disengaged in the workplace due to a divorce.

Then we discuss what a boss should do when he catches his employees having an affair.

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#36: Negotiating Your Worth & Diplomacy: My Crazy Office, Season 2

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.

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#35 – Phubbing (aka Phone Snubbing): My Crazy Office, Season 2

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 during meetings.

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#33 -Difficult Personalities at Work: My Crazy Office, Season 2

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 employees.

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#30: Silos In the Workplace: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss silos on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First, we give advice to a COO on how to dismantle silos within a company.

Then we talk about the definition of silos and how to navigate around it.

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#26 – Workplace Biases: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine answer questions about workplace biases on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we discuss what an individual should do when their employer tells them to lose weight in order to progress at work.

Then we give advice about how to handle a workplace accusation based on racial bias.

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#9 – Mean Girls At Work: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine offer advice about mean women in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

We give advice about what a female employee should do when she learns that her female boss does not like her.

We also discuss how to manage two women who cannot get along at work.

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