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What to do when your manager is being excluded by colleagues?
I recently joined a new company as a manager. My company is a large company where managers have several levels, e.g., Manager 1, Manager 2, Manager 3, Director, etc. It is slightly odd but not ...
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As a team lead, how to deal with a developer not doing his tasks
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I am a team lead of a new team with new hires, and the senior developer is stuck with some tasks for a month, every day he reports no updates, or very vague progress reports.
He is the only one ...
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Arrogant , lazy worker considered for promotion
I recruited a person called AG in Asia office.
In the initial year of AG's employment, I encountered significant challenges due to issues related to arrogance, laziness, and a lack of ordinary task ...
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How do I handle/confront an employee who is cheating in an Office competition?
I was recently promoted to a middle management position at my office where I have about a half floor of employees working under me.
As part of a company health initiative, I decided to co-host a month-...
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My direct reports bypassing me and leadership allows it
I am facing sort of a issue (not major problem though). Couple of my direct reports bypasses me sometimes and directly goes to my boss say for eg: My Laptop is not working, need to escalate, when will ...
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How to convince my overseas manager that my new hire is incompetent?
I am a manager in two person office in Asia Pacific (APAC), which is part of a global company that has offices all around the world. I recruited another person so that in my absence support could be ...
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Struggling to motivate new employee
I currently have a direct report who I'm struggling with. He has some good attributes, but is not really stepping up to the level we expected of him when we hired him and when he was in onboarding.
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Employees' Engagement in Virtual Meetings
We are a growing company with 12 employees. We all work virtually and meet in the office once a month or two. Office meetings are efficient compared to virtual meetings, but as everyone is working in ...
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How to deal with new manager that humiliates a team member (me and occasionally others) almost daily
There is a new manager in my company that has been put in charge of a pretty new project. Company culture is generally good, supportive, and empathetic.
The new manager seemed to be that way in the ...
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How to deal with passive management style ("come to me, I won't come to you")
TL;DR What are your options with a manager with "passive" management style, very little teamwork, knowledge sharing, bad onboarding for new employees, very little meetings and no incentive ...
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Do you share your grumble about company stuff you don't agree upon with people who report to you?
“Gripes go up, not down.”
Say you got a task from your boss and feel awkward with it.
You state to the boss you are uneasy with the task, but still, he asks you to do it.
Then you take it to your ...
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Delivery of message to underperformers
For me I always thought that in regards to performance a direct and early feedback with concrete examples is what is the correct approach or at least what everyone wants.
Being a new manager I am not ...
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Is having to do repetitive work all day a sign that my organization is under-staffed?
Is having to do repetitive work all day a sign that my organization is under-staffed?
I have an advanced degree and my job is basically pressing the same 12 buttons repeatedly all day and writing ...
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How can I protect myself from a sexual predator at work?
I’m an eighteen year old female, and I just started my first day at my new work placement as a farm-hand.
I spent 2 weeks searching for a work placement so I was very excited and grateful. I’m afraid ...
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Team member regularly ignores "back to office" policy
A while back, the company announced a "Two days in the office" policy after working mostly remotely for the past two years.
So every week, we are expected to work three times from home and ...
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