It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can I help an awkward new employee connect better with coworkers? I am a senior team member.

I wonder if you have any tips/tricks on how to keep focused on work when there is a major event going on? I recall trying to work for ...

I'm doing a column for Slate answering questions about holidays at the office, and I want your questions! Maybe you're wondering how to get out of buying ...

My operations manager, Burton, took me to one side on Friday to ask me whether I had seen any evidence that my employee, Belle, who had ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. How can I ask out our general manager? How do I get ahold of someone who works in the offices where I ...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My new boss wrote a poem about our team … but only some of us My company has an annual team-building ...

I'm early in my career but have been in my current organization (10,000+ employees) for over three years. I was hired in a two-person ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should managers have to train professionals on basic computer skills? We have an ongoing debate in my ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Manager says I have to come in even though my doctor says to stay home My company has just increased ...

What odd things have you found when moving into a new office or desk? To start us off, here are some disturbing and/or amusing examples shared here in the ...

Happy Halloween! Here are some of my favorite stories about Halloween at work that you shared earlier this week that didn't make it into my column for ...

Can you help me deal with the amount of crying at work I’m dealing with at the moment? I manage a mid-size team of people who are all ...