The Price You Pay for Avoiding Conflict
When someone treats you poorly, do you address it? Or do you hesitate, fearing that if you bring the situation … Continue reading The Price You Pay for Avoiding Conflict
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Cut-throat Manager Suing Me for Torpedoing Her Career
Question: For years, I suffered bad treatment under a lying, calculating, manipulative manager. I wasn’t the one who blew the … Continue reading Cut-throat Manager Suing Me for Torpedoing Her Career
The Past Hangs On: the baggage that compromises your career/life
Question: After three years of working for a controlling tyrant, I quit. I got a great new job. I’m afraid … Continue reading The Past Hangs On: the baggage that compromises your career/life
Up Against a Workplace Street Fighter: 7 Traps to Avoid
This question came in from the Ask A Coach portal. Do you face a street fighter at work? Street fighters … Continue reading Up Against a Workplace Street Fighter: 7 Traps to Avoid
My Public Speaking Nightmare is About to Become True
Question: Someone in our company got the bright idea that an “average worker” should keynote each quarterly meeting by talking … Continue reading My Public Speaking Nightmare is About to Become True
How Employees Can Find Employers They Trust
When I posted “No Love Lost” https://workplacecoachblog.com/2021/03/no-love-lost-employees-leaving-their-jobs-in-record-numbers/noting that recent surveys revealed that twenty-five percent to fifty percent of employees plan … Continue reading How Employees Can Find Employers They Trust
Can Our Manager Take Away a Promised Perk?
This question came in from our “Ask a Coach” portal: Question: I am 17 years old. I work at a … Continue reading Can Our Manager Take Away a Promised Perk?
Operations Manager Rules By Intimidation
Question: Our CEO just hired a new operations manager. To call “Paula” blunt is to sugar-coat what she does. She … Continue reading Operations Manager Rules By Intimidation
COVID career gap
Question: I got laid off soon after COVID hit. I was good at my job, but COVID shuttered my company. … Continue reading COVID career gap
Snappy Comebacks WHEN You Need Them
The snappy comeback you wish you’d had when “Jim” sniped at you in the meeting, and you sat frozen and … Continue reading Snappy Comebacks WHEN You Need Them