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Advice Behavior Career Career Advice Communication Energy Honesty My Crazy Office Podcast Transparency Examine Your Behavior: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 9 January 27, 2022 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine continue with the theme of keeping the peace at work on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show. How can you examine your behavior in light of how it affects others? Listen to this week’s podcast here. Read more » advice behavior career career advice communication energy honesty my crazy office podcast transparency
Advice Behavior Career Career Advice Communication Focus Management My Crazy Office Podcast Resignation The Great Resignation #4: The Great Resignation – My Crazy Office, Season 9 January 25, 2022 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about the Great Resignation on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to someone who hasn’t resigned yet, but knows it’s time and is having difficulty staying focused at work. Then we consider what managers can do to keep their staff engaged if they sense […] Read more » advice behavior career career advice communication focus management my crazy office podcast resignation the great resignation
Advice Behavior Boundaries Career Career Advice Communication My Crazy Office Neutrality Podcast Stress Stressor The Importance of Not Being a Stressor for Other People: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 9 January 20, 2022 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about stressors on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show. What is the importance of not being a stressor for other people? Listen to this week’s podcast here. Read more » advice behavior Boundaries career career advice communication my crazy office neutrality podcast stress stressor
Advice Behavior Boundaries Business Career Career Advice Communication Management My Crazy Office Planning Podcast Protection Time Management Values #3: Unrealistic Expectations – My Crazy Office, Season 9 January 18, 2022 / January 18, 2022 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about unrealistic expectations on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to someone whose boss makes promises to clients that cause his staff to overwork themselves. Then we examine what a manager should do if they keep taking on demanding projects to keep the staff […] Read more » advice behavior Boundaries business career career advice communication management my crazy office planning podcast protection time management values
Advice Behavior Communication Kindness Listening My Crazy Office Patience Podcast How To Listen: My Crazy Office Overtime, Season 9 January 13, 2022 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about listening on this week’s My Crazy Office Overtime show. How do you listen when you don’t like what the other person is saying? Listen to this week’s podcast here. Read more » advice behavior communication kindness listening my crazy office patience podcast
Advice Assistance Behavior Career Career Advice Help Management My Crazy Office Podcast Rejection #2: Rejected Help – My Crazy Office, Season 9 January 11, 2022 / January 11, 2022 by Logan Medrano | Leave a Comment Kathi and Katherine talk about a rejected help on this week’s episode of the My Crazy Office podcast. First we give advice to someone who was recently hired to assist a busy executive and the executive refuses to share the work and be helped. Then we discuss what managers can do if the person they […] Read more » advice assistance behavior career career advice help management my crazy office podcast rejection