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My boss lets us talk only when we hold a stuffed rabbit.
Peter Yawitz
  • Nov 29, 2018
  • 1 min

My boss lets us talk only when we hold a stuffed rabbit.

Dear Someone Else’s Dad,My boss hates interrupters in meetings, so she has a stuffed rabbit that we have to pass to anyone who wants to spea
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Do I have speak in business buzzwords?
Peter Yawitz
  • Nov 5, 2018
  • 1 min

Do I have speak in business buzzwords?

Dear Someone Else’s Dad,At my company my bosses always use the phrase “de minimis,” which I had to look up, and now know that it means a tri
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Can I correct people from using my name incorrectly?
Peter Yawitz
  • Oct 10, 2018
  • 1 min

Can I correct people from using my name incorrectly?

My name is James Arnold. When someone receives an email from me, the FROM line says, “Arnold, James,” which causes a lot of people who don&#
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How can I get my boss to make a decision?
Peter Yawitz
  • Sep 24, 2018
  • 2 min

How can I get my boss to make a decision?

Our manager is super busy in new her role, but she seems to freeze when we ask her to make decisions. She’ll hear us out and nod her head, b
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Will my social style result pigeon-hole me?
Peter Yawitz
  • Apr 16, 2018
  • 2 min

Will my social style result pigeon-hole me?

Now that people know what “type” I am they assume that I’m just Mr. Sensitivity. My manager recently didn’t include me in a new project beca
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Why do I only get grunt work to do?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 28, 2018
  • 1 min

Why do I only get grunt work to do?

Feel like you're only doing grunt work? Ask your boss for clarification and about the big picture. Anticipate what your boss needs and t
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How can I make changes in my family's business?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 12, 2018
  • 2 min

How can I make changes in my family's business?

I work for my family’s company and have been given a lot more responsibility in negotiating contracts. Our industry is facing new competitio
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Can I decide if a job interview is worth my time?
Peter Yawitz
  • Mar 2, 2018
  • 1 min

Can I decide if a job interview is worth my time?

A reader asked a hiring manager to tell her more about a job so she could decide if it was "worth my while" to come in.
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How do I deal with passive-aggressive people?
Peter Yawitz
  • Feb 19, 2018
  • 1 min

How do I deal with passive-aggressive people?

How many times do you say or hear passive-aggressive language like this? "Oh, sorry, I thought you were more senior. I'll ask a mor
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Do I have to participate in mandatory wine tasting?
Peter Yawitz
  • Dec 12, 2017
  • 1 min

Do I have to participate in mandatory wine tasting?

How do I get out of participating in our upcoming holiday party’s “mandatory” wine-tasting competition?  I don’t drink alcohol, and I actual
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How can boomers and millennials work together?
Peter Yawitz
  • Jun 22, 2017
  • 2 min

How can boomers and millennials work together?

Make sure that you explain the context of tasks so that younger members don’t think they're doing grunt work. Perhaps share the implicat
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