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Can I accept a job offer then bag it if I get a better one?
Dear Someone Else’s Dad, Just call me a typical “meddling mom.” My daughter has an offer from Company A, but it expires next week and...

Peter Yawitz
Nov 11, 20192 min read
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Why do people brag about how many hours they work?
I hate when my coworkers compete about how many hours they work. Can't I get my work done and just go home at night?

Peter Yawitz
Jun 19, 20191 min read
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Can I correct people from using my name incorrectly?
My name is James Arnold. When someone receives an email from me, the FROM line says, “Arnold, James,” which causes a lot of people who don&#

Peter Yawitz
Oct 10, 20181 min read
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How can I remember people's names?
Do you have a trick to help remember names of people you just met? Advice from someone else's dad.

Peter Yawitz
Oct 3, 20182 min read
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How can I get my boss to make a decision?
Our manager is super busy in new her role, but she seems to freeze when we ask her to make decisions. She’ll hear us out and nod her head, b

Peter Yawitz
Sep 24, 20182 min read
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Is "bad-ass" a compliment?
My daughter joined the corporate world last year and told me that she thinks of herself as a “bad-ass” at work so that people listen to her

Peter Yawitz
Jun 14, 20181 min read
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Why do I only get grunt work to do?
Feel like you're only doing grunt work? Ask your boss for clarification and about the big picture. Anticipate what your boss needs and t

Peter Yawitz
Mar 28, 20181 min read
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How do I deal with a know-it-all?
Dealing with a know-it-all (KIA) is tough because the person is always going to self-promote, and there’s no real benefit to you if you call

Peter Yawitz
Mar 16, 20182 min read
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Can I decide if a job interview is worth my time?
A reader asked a hiring manager to tell her more about a job so she could decide if it was "worth my while" to come in.

Peter Yawitz
Mar 2, 20181 min read
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How do I deal with passive-aggressive people?
How many times do you say or hear passive-aggressive language like this? "Oh, sorry, I thought you were more senior. I'll ask a mor

Peter Yawitz
Feb 19, 20181 min read
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How do I start a presentation?
Most people haven't a clue about how to start a business presentation. Be smart about keeping audiences in their seats from the outset

Peter Yawitz
Sep 29, 20171 min read
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How to deal with conference calls
Prepare for conference calls so you don't end up with this disastrous case. Send an agenda beforehand and stick to it, make sure you kno

Peter Yawitz
Jul 25, 20171 min read
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When do I use a semi-colon?
Here's a video explaining that semi-colons are purely stylistic. They replace a period/full stop and a capital letter starting the next

Peter Yawitz
Jul 18, 20171 min read
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How do I ask for a raise?
Think you deserve a raise but don't know how to go about asking for one? Make sure you have a detailed summary about how you've hel

Peter Yawitz
Jun 23, 20171 min read
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How can boomers and millennials work together?
Make sure that you explain the context of tasks so that younger members don’t think they're doing grunt work. Perhaps share the implicat

Peter Yawitz
Jun 22, 20172 min read
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How can I keep an audience from falling asleep?
Here are some tricks I use to make audiences pay attention:
I let them know at the outset why the material is specifically important to them

Peter Yawitz
Apr 14, 20172 min read
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