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#14: Skipped For a Promotion – My Crazy Office, Season 7

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Kathi and Katherine talk about promotions on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to an employee who puts in labor for a promotion only for it to go to their boss. Then we discuss what a manager can do if an employee doesn’t get promoted and it’s their fault.

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New Social Contracts for the Workplace

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A social contract is an unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau popularized the idea of the social contract in the 1700s, but it’s just as applicable today. A good example is when we go to the airport and go through security. We may not […]

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Returning to the Office – Will Not Be Business As Usual

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In the post COVID world, a return to the way things were in our traditional workplace is most likely not possible. The new standards of how we work at an office are being set for at least the next one to two years, or is it forever? Is having an office space necessary? Will we […]

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Moving Forward – Into the Unknown

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This past Sunday (4/26/2020) Governor Cuomo of New York said, “We are not going back to the way things were, we are going forward.” I have to say I agree with the Governor.  Many of my clients are telling me that they see this as an opportunity to do things differently. Some small business owners […]

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The Silver Lining – Things I Appreciate About This Quarantine

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As an executive coach, I try to show my clients that with every awful business occurrence there is usually a silver lining. You may not see that lining at first, but with time you can see there was a lesson of value. Not everyone is experiencing or seeing the silver lining at this time. Some […]

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Finding the Essential in Your Work – The Measure of Who We Are is How We Make Ourselves Useful in Chaos

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During this pandemic, it’s our essential workers who can travel and physically go to work while the rest of us shelter at home. We naturally and deservingly celebrate these dedicated and courageous members of our workforce. We are forever grateful to our medical workers, police and firefighters, EMT’s, transit workers, mailmen, package delivery folks, food delivery […]

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