Last week, we talked about broken systems that for some reason become sacred and cannot be changed. Here are some of my favorite stories you shared. 1.

I'm a fairly experienced manager, but I've only been managing my current team for a few months. I've been in a couple meetings with one ...

I have a question about a point that is now, thankfully, moot. My previous manager, Rufus, wasn’t an especially ethical individual and ...

I work for a small company (less than 50 people) and Jane has been with us for about four years. She came with a lot of ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My employee says I'm triggering their unresolved trauma I have a question as to how to manage a direct ...

I am a middle manager who works with an employee I’ll call “John.” John does not report to me, but there are scenarios in which I ...

It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Church member at my job wants help raising money for a bad idea I work for a small church, of which I ...

Last night around 11 pm, my husband suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to email someone back about a meeting request, and was ...

It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker won’t answer my boss's questions I work for a very small ...

Several past coworkers have reached out to me on LinkedIn asking about a job posting at my company. The only thing is ...

There is a small family-owned butcher shop near me. They list job postings on their Facebook page, and I've noticed every time they post ...

I once worked for an organization where, years before, an IT person had created a database in an obscure coding language. He was long gone and no one knew ...