Advice Business Career Company Culture Conversations hiring Interviews My Crazy Office Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #37: Interview Follow-Up & Red Flags: My Crazy Office, Season 2 November 2, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss the hiring process on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice about how to follow-up with an employer after an interview. Then we give guidance to an employee who, during the hiring process, sees red flags that his colleagues do not. Read more » Follow-Up
Advice Business Career Company Culture Conversations Difficult Conversations Diplomacy Interpersonal Skills Job Hunting My Crazy Office Negotiation Podcast Professionalism Relationships Salary Work Work Advice #36: Negotiating Your Worth & Diplomacy: My Crazy Office, Season 2 October 26, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment 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. 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 »
Advice Behavior Boundaries Business Career Difficult Conversations Human Behavior Interpersonal Skills Management Managing Down Managing Up My Crazy Office Personalities Podcast Professionalism Relationships Roles Work Work Advice #33 -Difficult Personalities at Work: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 28, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment 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 […] Read more »
Advice Boundaries Business Career Ethic Harassment My Crazy Office Podcast Politics Professionalism Relationships Work Work Advice #32 – Sex and Politics: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 21, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment 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. Read more »
Advice Business Career Comedy Company Culture Difficult Conversations Doubt Impostor Syndrome Management My Crazy Office Professionalism Self-Doubt Work Work Advice #31: The Impostor Syndrome & Self-Doubt: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 14, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss self-doubt in the workplace on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to a newly promoted employee who worries that he or she may not be qualified for their current job. Then we talk about what a manager should do when their employee doubts their capabilities […] Read more »
Advice Business Career Company Culture Corporate Culture Ethic Human Behavior Interpersonal Skills Management My Crazy Office Podcast Professionalism Silos Work Work Advice #30: Silos In the Workplace: My Crazy Office, Season 2 September 8, 2015 / June 7, 2016 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine discuss silos on this episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First, we give advice to a COO on how to dismantle silos within a company. Then we talk about the definition of silos and how to navigate around it. Read more »