Advice Behavior Business Career Career Advice Career Growth hiring Hiring practices Interviewing My Crazy Office Podcast Staff Work Work Advice Afraid That You Might Hire The Wrong Person? January 30, 2024 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment On this episode of My Crazy Office, Kathi and Katherine discuss a topic that is important to every manager: How do you know you are hiring the right person? They start with a question from someone who needs to hire an assistant director but has a history of hiring the wrong person in the past. […] Read more » advice career advice hiring hiring practices my crazy office podcast work advice
Advice Behavior Business Career Communication Management Managing Down Managing Up My Crazy Office Podcast Priority Professional Growth Promotion Staff Work Work Advice Are You Too Busy Managing Down to Manage Up? September 26, 2023 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment On this episode of My Crazy Office, Kathi and Katherine explore a common management challenge — What if you are so busy managing down that you don’t have time to manage up? Kathi and Katherine start with a question from a manager who spends so much time helping her staff complete their work that she […] Read more » advice behavior career advice communication management managing up my crazy office my crazy office blog podcast staff management work advice workplace relationships
Advice Behavior Business Career Communication Management Morale My Crazy Office Podcast Professional Growth Staff Work Work Advice Have You Inherited a Team with Bad Morale? August 15, 2023 / August 15, 2023 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment On this, My Crazy Office podcast, Kathi and Katherine talk about a very important topic: staff morale. They start with a question from a new manager who discovers that the people she’s been hired to manage are suffering from very low morale. Kathi and Katherine discuss what a manager can do to turn the low […] Read more » advice behavior business career career advice management my crazy office my crazy office blog podcast staff management staff morale work advice working with you is killing me workplace emotions
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Advice Behavior Business Career Career Growth Challenge Communication Management My Crazy Office Podcast Sacred Cow Self Management Staff Support Taking the high road Unhooking Work Work Advice Workplace Environment Workplace Politics Workplace Relationships Working with a Sacred Cow February 7, 2023 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment On this episode of My Crazy Office, Kathi and Katherine discuss how to handle a very challenging kind of employee — the Sacred Cow. They start with a question from someone who recently began working at a corporate research company. He needs the assistance of a long-time employee to do his job, but that person […] Read more » advice behavior business career advice my crazy office my crazy office blog podcast professionalism psychology sacred cow success working with you is killing me workplace emotions
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Advice Business Career Communication Management My Crazy Office Podcast Staff Work Work Advice #34: Best Of – How To Effectively Manage Staff – My Crazy Office, Season 5 September 11, 2018 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about managing staff on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice about how to manage a difficult employee – especially if you are short on time. Then we discuss how to make and take the time to effectively manage your staff. Read more » advice business career communication management my crazy office podcast staff management work work advice
Advice Business Career Communication Company Culture Conversations Culture Fit Inheriting Staff Job Management My Crazy Office Podcast Respect Staff Transparency Work Work Advice #35: Managing Inherited Staff – My Crazy Office, Season 4 October 3, 2017 / October 3, 2017 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about inheriting staff on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice about how to manage and gain the respect and cooperation of inherited staff. Then we discuss how to bond with inherited staff. Read more » advice business career career advice communication company culture culture fit job management my crazy office podcast respect transparency work work advice