Advice Business Career Change Management Micromanaging My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Roles Work Work Advice #6 – Mixed Messages: My Crazy Office, Season 3 February 8, 2016 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about mixed messages on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice about how to handle a boss who sends mixed messages. Then we discuss how to work for a micromanaging boss after working under a hands-off boss. Read more »
Advice Business Career Changing Career Company Culture Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Work Work Advice #5 – Transitions: My Crazy Office, Season 3 February 1, 2016 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment On this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine talk about workplace transitions. First we give advice about what an employee should do when under bad new management. Then we discuss how to negotiate freelancing for a former employer. Read more » Transitions
Advice Business Career Difficult Conversations Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Promotion Raise Relationships Salary Work Work Advice #4 – Broken Promises: My Crazy Office, Season 3 January 26, 2016 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment On this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine talk about broken promises in the workplace. First we give advice about how long an employee should wait for a promised promotion and raise. Then we discuss how an employer can keep their employee while waiting for approval of their employee’s promotion […] Read more »
Bad Boss? Behavior Business Career Company Culture Corporate Culture Decision Making Delegation Difficult Conversations Events Human Behavior Interpersonal Skills Management My Crazy Office Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #41- When The Personal Gets Professional: My Crazy Office, Season 2 December 7, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss when your personal life seeps into your professional life on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to an employee whose boss has been disengaged in the workplace due to a divorce. Then we discuss what a boss should do when he catches his employees having […] Read more »
Advice Business Career Company Culture Corporate Culture Growth Guest Language Management Mannerisms My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Up Speak Vocal Fry Work Work Advice #40 – Vocal Fry & Up Speak: My Crazy Office, Season 2 December 1, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Radio reporter and host of The Broad Experience Podcast, Ashley Milne-Tyte joins us on this week’s episode of My Crazy Office. We discuss two language trends among the workplace – vocal fry and up speak. First we give advice to a manager about how to hire potential employees who do not sound professional when they […] Read more »
Advice Business Career Conversations Difficult Conversations Feedback Management Managing Up Meetings My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #38 – Giving & Receiving Feedback: My Crazy Office, Season 2 November 9, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss feedback in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to a manager about how to confront a young employee about excessive yawning during meetings. Then we give guidance to an employee whose boss is consistently re-doing the work that they hand in. Read more »
Advice Behavior Business Career Cell Phones Disruptions Interpersonal Skills Management Managing Down Managing Up My Crazy Office Phubbing Podcast Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #35 – Phubbing (aka Phone Snubbing): My Crazy Office, Season 2 October 12, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment 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 […] Read more »
Advice Behavior Business Career Comedy Company Culture Invisibility Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Relationships Roles Visibility Work Work Advice #34 – Breaking Out of Workplace Roles: My Crazy Office, Season 2 October 5, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment 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 […] Read more »