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Transparency at Work When You are Having a Tough Time
Transparency at Work When You are Having a Tough Time

Bad things happen:  A cancer diagnosis. Divorce. A child struggling with addiction. A parent with dementia. What’s the move at work, though?

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Hunter GatewoodDecember 9, 2024
Quandary Mat: My Team Wastes Too Much Time Chatting
Quandary Mat: My Team Wastes Too Much Time Chatting

Dear Hunter, I manage a team of 8 people who are smart and good at their jobs, but who waste a lot of time all through the workday. They are very chatty, basically. They chat all day about weekend plans, their kids, TV shows, anything but work.

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Hunter GatewoodNovember 10, 2024
Robots and Loose Cannons, eek! How Genuine Leaders Balance Emotions at Work
Robots and Loose Cannons, eek! How Genuine Leaders Balance Emotions at Work

Are you burdened with the assumption that normal human emotions don’t belong at work? That emotions are bad and need to be harshly controlled, like poison ivy or an aggressive dog?

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Hunter GatewoodOctober 7, 2024
7 Steps for Apologizing at Work and When NOT to Use Them
7 Steps for Apologizing at Work and When NOT to Use Them

Want instant insight into the level of trust you experience in your workplace culture? Just screw something up! Your reaction to your own mistake, how comfortable you are fessing up to whom, will illuminate where trust and safety exist for you, and where they do not. 

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Hunter GatewoodAugust 1, 2024
Four Questions for when you Wonder: Should I Fire this Person?
Four Questions for when you Wonder: Should I Fire this Person?

There comes a time in every manager’s career when they ask: Is it time to fire this person?  The longer you manage people, and the more people you manage, the more often you will wrestle with this question.

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Hunter GatewoodJune 17, 2024
Quandary Mat: Email Drama Queen
Quandary Mat: Email Drama Queen

Dear Hunter, 

I have a colleague who is always causing drama over email. I realized today that I avoid opening emails from her. It’s that bad.

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Andrew EdwardsJune 3, 2024
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