My Crazy Office

My Crazy Office is a weekly workplace podcast dedicated to helping listeners navigate their careers. Executive coach Kathi Elster and career therapist Katherine Crowley combine their expertise to solve both serious and silly situations at work. Join Kathi and Katherine as they answer real workplace questions with solid advice and a side of humor. Do you have someone or something at work that’s driving your crazy? Send your questions to info@mycrazyoffice.co. (All submissions kept confidential.)

Cliques: Forming, Joining Or Rejecting – My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 4

Kathi and Katherine talk about cliques on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime episode.

Why do cliques form in the workplace? Is it a help or a hindrance to join or reject these office clans?

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#41: Playing The Hero – My Crazy Office, Season 4

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

First we give advice to someone whose boss constantly leans on them to cover for him, even when there are other employees who can pitch in.

Then we discuss what you can do when you feel like you’re the only one who does all the work.

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Your Work Doesn’t Speak For Itself: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 4

Kathi and Katherine talk about self-advocacy on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime episode.

How can you advocate for yourself at work and make sure you are being seen?

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#40: Human Resources – My Crazy Office, Season 4

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

We give advice to an employee who reaches out to human resources only to be denied aid for a workplace problem.

Then we discuss how to integrate healthy interpersonal relationships in the workplace with or without HR.

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High IQ, Low EQ: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 4

Kathi and Katherine talk about IQ and EQ on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime episode.

What are the differences between IQ and EQ? How is having high IQ but low EW detrimental for the workplace?

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