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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 ...

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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 ...

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This is a transcription of the Ask a Manager podcast, episode 9: “What Should Salary Negotiation Sound Like?”. Alison: We have a letter this week on a topic that I think a lot of people wonder about – ...

This is a transcription of the Ask a Manager podcast episode “Tone in Job Interviews.” Alison: Hi, and welcome to the show! Last year, I did a couple of episodes of the show that were all about tone.

This is a transcript of “I’m Drowning in Too Much Work.” Alison: Hi, and welcome to the show! Today I’m going to answer a bunch of shorter questions from people. The first question today is from ...

This is a transcript of “My Coworker Gets Away with Everything.” Alison: Hi, and welcome to the show! Today I’m going to answer a whole bunch of questons from people. The first question today is from ...