Every workplace has one: the coach you never hired.
They roam the halls (or the Zoom screen) convinced everyone’s lives would run better if everyone followed their advice. Unpaid coaches only stay if you feed them. If you want to shoo them way, four strategies work.
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Three hours after my red-eye landed, I arrived at the office Monday morning and booted up my computer. Unfortunately, my brain didn’t boot up with it. I’m just not ready for my inbox to glare at me with 247 unread messages and a calendar packed tighter than a TSA line. Continue reading After Vacation Blues: Fixing the Post-Vacation Slump
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