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.)

#36: Negotiating Your Worth & Diplomacy: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss two common workplace issues – negotiation and diplomacy – on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice about how to negotiate a higher salary.

Then we give guidance to an employee who is told to ‘practice diplomacy’ in order to move their career forward.

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#35 – Phubbing (aka Phone Snubbing): My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss phubbing – or “phone snubbing” – in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an employee whose boss is constantly distracted by his smart phone.

Then we give guidance to a manager who has inattentive employees due to their smart phone use during meetings.

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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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#32 – Sex and Politics: My Crazy Office, Season 2

Kathi and Katherine discuss sex and politics in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice to an individual whose boss strongly enforces his political views in the office.

Then we talk about what an employee should do when their new boss makes sexual advances at them.

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