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Work Appropriate

Work Appropriate

Crooked Media

Inspired by her immensely popular newsletter, author Anne Helen Petersen turns her attention to the wild world of work in Work Appropriate. Featuring guest appearances by the smartest people Anne knows, the show delivers humorous but practical workplace advice for a range of listener questions. The problems may be limitless but so are the solutions!
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Work Appropriate episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Work Appropriate for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Work Appropriate episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Work Appropriate - Big Office Feelings with Josh Gondelman
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10/26/22 • 44 min

At work, we deal with people, and people inevitably bring up feelings. Host Anne Helen Petersen teams up with comedian and TV writer Josh Gondelman to answer questions that range from petty (what if I hate the company holiday gift?) to systemic (is it okay to give up on advocating for my voice to be heard?).

Thanks for listening to the first episode of Work Appropriate! Please rate and review us so other people can find the show. And if you've got a workplace quandary you want help figuring out, head to workappropriate.com to tell us about it.

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Work Appropriate - How To Be A Better Boss with Melissa Nightingale
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03/01/23 • 45 min

In our episode "May I Speak to the Manager?" host Anne Helen Petersen talked with Melissa Nightingale about why and how formal management training has really gone by the wayside, resulting in a plethora of managers without the skills they need to thrive. In today's episode, Melissa returns to answer questions from listeners about really specific problems they're having as managers. Whether it's figuring out your management style, keeping your cool when your trainee just isn't getting it, or designing an effective performance review system-- Melissa and Anne have advice for bosses in any industry.

Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.

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Live from SXSW EDU, it's Work Appropriate! Your coworkers are not your family, your bosses are not your parents—but workplaces are filled with the sort of big emotions we usually associate with family dynamics. In front of an excellent crowd, Anne Helen Petersen and guest host Gloria Chan Packer answer all manner of questions from listeners who are grappling with tough relationships at work.

Got a workplace quandary you need help figuring out? Head to www.workappropriate.com and let us know!

Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.

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Work Appropriate - What If I Get Laid Off? with Phoebe Gavin
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06/07/23 • 44 min

Few things are more nerve-wracking than getting laid off. But odds are, most of us will be laid off at some point in our lives. So how can we prepare? And when it happens, how do we cope? Career coach Phoebe Gavin joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer listeners' questions about what happens after the pink slip.

  • Need advice about a sticky situation at work? Head to www.workappropriate.com and let us know.
  • Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.
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Work Appropriate - My Job Traumatized Me — Now What? with Hammad N'cho
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03/22/23 • 52 min

Sometimes the stuff that happens to us at work is weird, or frustrating, or funny-- but sometimes it's straight-up traumatizing. How do you move forward when you still feel like you're carrying trauma from a previous job? Should I go back to my old job, because at least I had friends there? Should I tell my manager about my PTSD diagnosis? Licensed psychologist Dr. Hammad N'cho joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answer some of these tough questions, and more.

Got a workplace quandary you need help figuring out? Head to www.workappropriate.com and tell us about it.

  • Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers, and other community events.
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Work Appropriate - Managing Up with Alaina Fuld
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05/03/23 • 45 min

If your boss is making your life hard, you've probably heard the advice to "manage up." Should everyone be spending more time cultivating their managing up skills? Or should managers just be spending more time figuring out what’s actually going on in their department? Alaina Fuld, Sr. Manager for Communications & Community Impact at Brooks Running (and one of AHP's BFFs), joins host Anne Helen Petersen for tips on work with your boss to get what you need.

  • Need advice about a sticky situation at work? Head to www.workappropriate.com and ask away!
  • Follow @CrookedMedia on Instagram and Twitter for more original content, host takeovers and other community events.
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Work Appropriate - What Happened To My Ambition? with Rainesford Stauffer
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02/01/23 • 50 min

Our society's understanding of ambition is that it never stops burning, that it rules your life and every decision you make, and that it somehow lands people in some mystical land of perfect contentment. But how much ambition is too much? Or what if, after decades of striving, your ambition is just... gone? Rainesford Stauffer, author of the forthcoming All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive, joins host Anne Helen Petersen to hear from listeners about the vagaries of ambition when it comes to work — and how to conceive of ambition as a potentially positive force outside of work.

Questions from listeners are how we plan future episodes-- so if you've got a workplace quandary you want help figuring out, let us know! Head to www.workappropriate.com and fill out the form, or send a voice memo to [email protected].

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Work Appropriate - Surviving Sh*tty Work Culture with Nicole Washington
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11/09/22 • 45 min

Hundreds of companies are trying to make their company culture more diverse by instituting surface-level DEI initiatives that stall-out and do very little. Monocultures (usually very white, very male) reproduce themselves. How do you actually change the culture at an organization? Nicole Washington from the Neighborhood Funders Group joins host Anne Helen Petersen to answers questions on how to survive-- and maybe even improve-- a sh*tty work environment.

Got a workplace quandary you want help figuring out? Head to workappropriate.com and let us know.

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Work Appropriate - Introducing Work Appropriate (coming October 26th)
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10/11/22 • 2 min

Inspired by her immensely popular newsletter, author Anne Helen Petersen turns her attention to the wild world of work in Work Appropriate. Featuring guest appearances by the smartest people Anne knows, the show delivers humorous but practical workplace advice for a range of listener questions. The problems may be limitless but so are the solutions!

If you've got a workplace quandary you want help figuring out, head to workappropriate.com and let us know.

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Work Appropriate - Your Identity Is Not A Problem with Morgan Givens
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01/11/23 • 50 min

For people who aren't white, straight, cis men, being your authentic self at work can be risky. Even though your identity isn't and shouldn't be a problem, many workplaces treat it like one. We received a slew of listeners' questions along these lines-- from choosing to come out at work, to celebrating LGBTQ+ employees in a hostile work environment, to caring for oneself in the process of asking for accommodations-- so host Anne Helen Petersen invited writer and creator Morgan Givens to help answer them.

Got a workplace quandary you need help figuring out? Head to www.workappropriate.com and let us know!

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FAQ

How many episodes does Work Appropriate have?

Work Appropriate currently has 54 episodes available.

What topics does Work Appropriate cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Work Appropriate?

The episode title 'Big Office Feelings with Josh Gondelman' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Work Appropriate?

The average episode length on Work Appropriate is 46 minutes.

How often are episodes of Work Appropriate released?

Episodes of Work Appropriate are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Work Appropriate?

The first episode of Work Appropriate was released on Oct 11, 2022.

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