It's important to celebrate your colleagues for their successes. Their wins are your wins, after all. But sometimes, hearing about a co-worker’s successes can be draining—especially if you feel that ...
After a client event, my coworkers and I went for a group dinner. The restaurant was crowded and noisy. But only one of my colleagues knew about my hearing loss. Halfway through our dinner, my ...
The dreaded feeling of Sunday night anxiety often stems not from the work itself, but from the toxic colleague who makes every day feel like navigating a minefield of manipulation, drama, and ...
This interview is part of a recurring feature — “How Does It Work?” — spotlighting operational or administrative departments, teams or processes you might not know about, but who keep the Drexel cogs ...
My colleague takes credit for my work. I had a hunch it was happening, but when he did it last week right in front of me on a Zoom call, that was proof! I spoke up for myself but it was too late, he ...
A colleague's departure disrupts team dynamics and individual work habits. Acknowledging this "social loss," identifying specific impacts like vanished cognitive shortcuts and diminished work identity ...
Critical colleagues are treasured gems when they help you develop better insight and discover new possibilities. But some peers don’t listen supportively or bother to cushion their comments. They may ...
We are deep within one of the harder seasons for work-life integration. Yes, integration. I don’t like the word “balance,” because we never really have clean-cut boundaries between work and life. We ...
Reader: During a few end-of-season work events, which are casual-ish, I witnessed a colleague being disruptive because of alcohol. He arrived at a meeting intoxicated, loudly interrupted the speaker ...