Category: Managing Up

Why Can’t I Find a Good Boss?

Sometimes it seems like a good boss is impossible to find. On this My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine examine why it’s so difficult to find skilled bosses, what it means to manage up, and how to make working for a bad boss better.

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Managing an Argumentative Employee

Kathi and Katherine discuss how to manage an argumentative employee. Are you trying to manage someone who challenges your every move? In this podcast, we’ll examine what happens when a member of your “support staff” questions or corrects everything you want to do. During the second half, we consider the employee’s perspective — What if you challenge your boss because he or she seems insecure or indecisive?

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Is Your Boss Leaving?

What do you do if your current boss leaves for another job? It’s not always clear. In this My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine discuss how to adjust when your boss leaves and a new boss appears. First, they consider a situation where the employee has a great boss and that person takes a new position. Then Kathi and Katherine discuss what it means when a boss you can’t stand moves on.

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#41: The Complacent Boss – My Crazy Office, Season 8

Kathi and Katherine talk about a complacent boss on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an employee whose laid-back manager’s behavior is hurting the team’s morale and productivity.

Then we address managers who have become complacent and consider what their motives might be.

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#2: Managing Up – My Crazy Office, Season 8

Kathi and Katherine talk about managing up on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to a worker whose boss always presents new goals and agendas but never sticks to them.

Then we discuss what a manager can do if they set goals for their team but nothing gets done.

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#17: Meeting Sit Ins – My Crazy Office, Season 7

Kathi and Katherine talk about meeting sit-ins on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to someone whose new boss insists on attending staff meeting, only to disrupt them by talking.

Then we discuss what managers can do if they want to sit in on their new hire’s meetings.

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#15: Incompetence – My Crazy Office, Season 7

Kathi and Katherine talk about incompetence on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to a worker whose incompetent boss just got fired but there is fear the replacement will be worse.

Then we discuss what a manager should do if they think they’ve been doing a good job but their employees disagree.

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#14: Skipped For a Promotion – My Crazy Office, Season 7

Kathi and Katherine talk about promotions on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an employee who puts in labor for a promotion only for it to go to their boss.

Then we discuss what a manager can do if an employee doesn’t get promoted and it’s their fault.

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