Navigating Awkward Situations at Work
34mBeginner2018-08-02
Authors

Lisa Earle McLeod
Keynote Speaker, Author, Consultant

Elizabeth Lotardo
Vice President of Client Services at McLeod & More, Inc.
Course details
No matter your role, seniority level, or industry, work can sometimes get awkward. In this course, Elizabeth and Lisa McLeod help you navigate those tricky situations. Learn the principles and behaviors to employ in a variety of awkward situations, from coworkers who take credit for your work to office breakups. Throughout this practical course, Elizabeth and Lisa share scenarios of common situations and demonstrate how to handle them with grace and authenticity.
Learning objectives
Compare and contrast awkward and unacceptable situations at work
Identify what to do when you beat a peer for a promotion
Explain how to respond when someone else takes credit for your work
Articulate how to handle a disrespectful boss
Describe how to handle office gossip and colleagues who overshare
Navigate generation gaps
Learning objectives
Compare and contrast awkward and unacceptable situations at work
Identify what to do when you beat a peer for a promotion
Explain how to respond when someone else takes credit for your work
Articulate how to handle a disrespectful boss
Describe how to handle office gossip and colleagues who overshare
Navigate generation gaps
Skills covered
Well-Being and Self-CarePersonal DevelopmentProfessional DevelopmentOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Awkward vs. unacceptable
1. Hierarchy Navigation
- 03 - Someone beat you out for a promotion
- 04 - You beat someone else for a promotion
- 05 - Your boss is making a mistake
- 06 - Someone else took credit for your work
- 07 - Your boss is disrespectful
2. Awkward Words
- 08 - Office gossip
- 09 - Caught in a lie
- 10 - Oversharing
3. Personal Issues
- 11 - What to say when a coworker has a death in the family
- 12 - Breakups
- 13 - Office romance
- 14 - Personal appearance and hygiene
- 15 - Generational gaps
Conclusion
- 16 - Next steps
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