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 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 »
Advice Business Career Comedy Company Culture Difficult Conversations Doubt Impostor Syndrome Management My Crazy Office Professionalism Self-Doubt Work Work Advice #31: The Impostor Syndrome & Self-Doubt: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 14, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss self-doubt in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to a newly promoted employee who worries that he or she may not be qualified for their current job. Then we talk about what a manager should do when their employee doubts their capabilities […] Read more »
Advice Business Career Company Culture Corporate Culture Ethic Human Behavior Interpersonal Skills Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Silos Work Work Advice #30: Silos In the Workplace: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 8, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment 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. Read more »
Advice Business Career Comedy Conversations Difficult Conversations Management Mediation meditation Meetings My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #22 – Women At War At Work: My Crazy Office, Season 2 July 14, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine answer questions about women in conflict at work on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First, we give advice about how to handle a passive, noncommittal coworker that gets under the skin. Then we discuss how a boss should deal with two fighting employees. Read more »
Advice Business Career Company Culture Conversations Decision Making Difficult Conversations Ethic hiring Interviews Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Skills Work Work Advice #19 – Honesty in the Workplace: My Crazy Office, Season 2 June 23, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine answer questions about honesty at work on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First, we give advice about what a manager should do when they discover an employee lied on their resume. Then we discuss how find out if a potential employee will ‘stretch the truth’ – when necessary. Read more »