Category: Micromanager

Taking Over Another Manager’s Team?

Today on My Crazy Office, Kathi and Katherine discuss the challenge of taking over another manager’s team. They start with a question from someone who has been asked to take over another manager’s department and worries that the staff will resist her management style. Kathi and Katherine go on to consider how you can assess and re-train a team of employees that you inherit from someone else.

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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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#22: Bottleneck Boss – My Crazy Office, Season 8

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

First we give advice to someone whose current boss micromanages, creates a bottleneck and misses deadlines.

Then we discuss what a manager should do when they miss deadlines, frustrating their staff as a result.

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#17: When Micromanagement Disheartens You – My Crazy Office, Season 8

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

First we give advice to an employee whose boss micromanages their emails, leaving them feeling marginalized.

Then we discuss how a micromanaging boss can lessen their behavior.

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

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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#8: Critical, Controlling Bosses – My Crazy Office, Season 7

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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