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My Boss Is A Total Idiot
Peter Yawitz
  • Nov 12, 2020
  • 2 min

My Boss Is A Total Idiot

Dear Someone Else’s Dad, I’m much smarter than my boss. He was transferred to our team last year because it seemed like the company...
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My Boss Does The Tasks She Gives Me
Peter Yawitz
  • Oct 6, 2020
  • 2 min

My Boss Does The Tasks She Gives Me

My boss assigns me tasks, then she’ll tell me she already took care of them. Any advice?
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How To Avoid Trainwreck Zoom Presentations
Peter Yawitz
  • Sep 17, 2020
  • 2 min

How To Avoid Trainwreck Zoom Presentations

My last Zoom presentation was a trainwreck. People interrupted me on Slide #1 so I never got to the main points. Others were bore. Advice?
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Sick of boss asking how we're all FEELING
Peter Yawitz
  • Sep 8, 2020
  • 2 min

Sick of boss asking how we're all FEELING

My boss still starts Zoom meetings asking us all to share how we’re faring. I don’t want my whole team to know about my bowels, thank you.
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Am I Supposed To Memorize Inane Acronyms?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jul 28, 2020
  • 1 min

Am I Supposed To Memorize Inane Acronyms?

We have to memorize inane acronyms for certain situations like SPARKLE (S-Set Expectations,” P-Praise Good Behavior,”etc. It's crazy!
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Is It Rude To Interrupt on Zoom?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jul 16, 2020
  • 2 min

Is It Rude To Interrupt on Zoom?

Before it was rude to interrupt in a meeting, but on Zoom calls, interrupting is sometimes necessary to get yourself heard!
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Do I Have To Make Everything Into A Story?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jul 8, 2020
  • 2 min

Do I Have To Make Everything Into A Story?

My boss took a seminar on storytelling. Now he wants me to answer every question in the a story form. What? Even why I went to the bathroom?
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Advice For Someone Else's Daughter
Peter Yawitz
  • Jun 5, 2020
  • 3 min

Advice For Someone Else's Daughter

Document specific actions and how they made you feel. Suggest things they can do to help you. Work together to come up with an action plan.
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The New Normal Meeting Guidelines
Peter Yawitz
  • May 27, 2020
  • 3 min

The New Normal Meeting Guidelines

1. Do a lot of pre-work. 2. Have a shared goal of finishing in 40 minutes. 3. Allow at least some schmooze time at the start.
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The New Normal Communication Guidelines
Peter Yawitz
  • May 18, 2020
  • 2 min

The New Normal Communication Guidelines

1. Be present-people crave stability. 2. Be authentic-audiences want to know how you’re feeling. 3. Be empathetic-ask how people are faring.
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How Do I Handle Zoom Lurkers?
Peter Yawitz
  • May 6, 2020
  • 2 min

How Do I Handle Zoom Lurkers?

Talking about good biz leaders. One guy said Cuomo came across as 'one of us' but Trump didn’t. An texter called us “a bunch of lib-tards."
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Is a personal brand worth anything?
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 30, 2020
  • 2 min

Is a personal brand worth anything?

My personal brand is “I listen to all sides of arguments and expertly synthesize facts to help teams make wise decisions."Boss says it's BS.
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Zoom Meeting Pet Peeves
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 6, 2020
  • 2 min

Zoom Meeting Pet Peeves

Find a chance to say, “So we all agree that we will double check that mute buttons are on when we go to the bathroom. Correct?"
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How do I put together a good work team?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 2 min

How do I put together a good work team?

I was asked to put together a team to work on a new high-profile client project. Should I bring on my favorite work buds?
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How do I get my boss to respond to texts?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 2 min

How do I get my boss to respond to texts?

How do I get my boss to respond? I texted: A couple of questions for you. He texted back: Give me five minutes. He never got back to me.
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Should I be a Swiss Army Knife or Japanese Cleaver?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 2 min

Should I be a Swiss Army Knife or Japanese Cleaver?

Better to have many skills without depth or be a master in one area?
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How do we deal with toxic aftershave?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 1 min

How do we deal with toxic aftershave?

Q: What do we do about an intern with toxic aftershave? A: I’d go to him privately and say “you’re doing a really good job, but one thin
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How Can I Get My Friends To Rate My Book 5 Stars?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 1 min

How Can I Get My Friends To Rate My Book 5 Stars?

I just published a book and want my friends to rate it 5 stars on Amazon.
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How NOT to talk about the weather
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 0 min

How NOT to talk about the weather

Bad weather small talk: -Wow it’s certainly warm here today! -I know, right! Makes me just want to strip off my clothes!
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Which awful coworker stereotype are  you?
Peter Yawitz
  • Dec 31, 2019
  • 0 min

Which awful coworker stereotype are you?

15 days till book launch! Pre-order today at https://lnkd.in/eM4ZemM. I'm not defensive and I know better than you do.
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