Category: Low Beamers

Are You Managing a Slug?

Low performing employees are very stressful to manage. On this My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine discuss a particular management headache — the slug. It’s the kind of employee who only does the bare minimum at work. We’ll start with a question from someone who currently supervises a very sluggish employee and wonders how to get this person to produce more.

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#34: Pulling The Weight of Others – My Crazy Office, Season 4

Kathi and Katherine talk about people who don’t pull their weight on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice about how to get a coworker to respond and ‘show up’ when they need to.

Then we discuss how to work with people who do not pull their own weight.

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#31: Managing Unenthusiastic Employees – My Crazy Office, Season 4

Kathi and Katherine talk about how to manage lazy employees on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to a supervisor who doesn’t know how to motivate unenthusiastic employees to do their jobs.

Then we discuss working with “low-beamers” and their workplace effects.

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