Karla L. Miller
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Work advice: The Pygmalion problemJun 24, 2012 4:32 pm - Q: A colleague has asked me to mentor her. She works hard and is eager to learn and to advance her career. One of the main obstacles I see for her is her verbal communic...
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Work advice: When venting blows back on youJun 17, 2012 4:30 pm - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I [kvetched] a...
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Work Advice: With 'friends' like these . . .Jun 10, 2012 6:13 pm - Editor's note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Furtive Facebooke...
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Was manager wrong to tell boss about problem employee's past?Jun 03, 2012 4:28 pm - Q: Shortly after taking a new job as a manager, I ran into problems with one of my charges, a 30-something professional. In addition to being belligerent, he had bad wor...
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Work Advice: Road Warrior Seeks Some ReliefMay 28, 2012 7:29 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I am a VP of s...
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Work advice: Personal space, the final frontierMay 14, 2012 6:33 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: How do I tell ...
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Work advice: Is giving and grieving on command in the job descriptionMay 07, 2012 7:10 am - Q. I work in a school with a large staff, divided into 10 teams of eight. When there's a wedding or baby, someone on the team collects money to buy a team gift. Whether...
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Work Advice: Creating an Altar Ego for InterviewsApr 29, 2012 6:28 am - Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I was thinking about wearing ...
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Work Advice: NIMBY at the OfficeApr 22, 2012 11:32 pm - Q: I work in a building shared by a number of offices, with shared bathrooms located on each floor. I like, when nature calls, to take the stairs to a different floor to...
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Indecent Proposal or Business as Usual?Apr 01, 2012 6:21 am - Q: My girlfriend told me that her boss (married with children) asked her out for dinner and drinks to “discuss her performance.” When she told me she accepted, I was le...