Category: Work

Listening Without Being Defensive: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 7

Kathi and Katherine talk about listening without being defensive on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.

How can you listen to opposing opinions at work without being defensive?

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Small Talk: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 6

Kathi and Katherine talk about small talk on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.

How should you engage in small talk at work?

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#46: Owning Mistakes – My Crazy Office, Season 6

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

First we give advice to someone whose boss always assumes the employee is at fault.

Then we discuss what managers can do if they have an employee who refuses to own their mistakes.

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#45: Inheritance and Culture – My Crazy Office, Season 6

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

First we give advice to an employee whose new boss finds fault in all of their work.

Then we discuss what to do when you inherit employees who don’t fit the new company culture.

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#41: Working Weekends – My Crazy Office, Season 6

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

First we discuss whether it’s necessary to perform work tasks on the weekend or during time off.

Then we ask are you a workaholic and do you expect the same of your staff?

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#38: Paranoid Boss – My Crazy Office, Season 6

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

First we give advice about how to look for a job without your paranoid boss finding out.

Then we discuss what to do if you discover your employee is job searching.

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Delegating: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 6

Kathi and Katherine talk about delegation on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.

Why is delegating so difficult?

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Post Vacation Back To Work: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 6

Kathi and Katherine talk about working post vacation on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show.

How can you get yourself back into the flow of work after vacation?

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