Category: Roles

#6 – Mixed Messages: My Crazy Office, Season 3

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

First we give advice about how to handle a boss who sends mixed messages.

Then we discuss how to work for a micromanaging boss after working under a hands-off boss.

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#34 – Breaking Out of Workplace Roles: My Crazy Office, Season 2

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 in the workplace.

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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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#18 – First Job Experiences: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Comedian and cuddle expert Mike Fine joins Kathi and Katherine to discuss first job experiences on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast!

We give advice about how a new graduate should deal with their first job.

Then we discuss our own first job experiences.

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#15 – Enthusiastic Employee & Over-achiever: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine answer questions that involve enthusiastic employees on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First, we give advice about how to manage an overly productive and enthusiastic employee.

Then we discuss what a young professional should do when they are told that they work too hard.

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#8 – Workplace Ethic Dilemmas: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine offer advice about workplace ethic dilemmas on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

We talk about what to do when the person you are training expresses no interest in the position that you are training them for.

We also discuss, what to do when you observe a co-worker misusing company time.

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#59 – Holidays & Roles: My Crazy Office, Season 1

Kathi and Katherine address the craziness of the holidays and the roles that people get stuck into on this special edition episode of My Crazy Office!

In our book, Working With You Is Killing Me, there is a chapter that describes the roles that people get stuck into at work. This can very much apply to the roles that people fall into during the holidays. Listen for the role you may identify with and ways to cope.

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