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#41: The Complacent Boss – My Crazy Office, Season 8

December 7, 2021

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

First we give advice to an employee whose laid-back manager’s behavior is hurting the team’s morale and productivity.

Then we address managers who have become complacent and consider what their motives might be.

January 19, 2021

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

First we give advice to a worker whose boss always presents new goals and agendas but never sticks to them.

Then we discuss what a manager can do if they set goals for their team but nothing gets done.

October 13, 2020

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

First we give advice to a worker whose incompetent boss just got fired but there is fear the replacement will be worse.

Then we discuss what a manager should do if they think they’ve been doing a good job but their employees disagree.

December 10, 2019

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.

September 26, 2017

Kathi and Katherine talk about people who don’t pull their weight on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast.

First we give advice about how to get a coworker to respond and ‘show up’ when they need to.

Then we discuss how to work with people who do not pull their own weight.