13 focused guides

Coworker and manager conversations

Choose the exact situation for practical facts, a proportionate next step, boundaries, safety notes, and common questions.

Ask a coworker to stop interrupting you

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to ask a coworker to stop interrupting you while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell your manager you missed important work

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to tell your manager you missed important work while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask your manager for clearer priorities

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to ask your manager for clearer priorities while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Disagree with your manager respectfully

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to disagree with your manager respectfully while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Give constructive feedback to a coworker

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to give constructive feedback to a coworker while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Discuss a private hygiene issue at work

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to discuss a private hygiene issue at work while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Tell your manager your workload is too high

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to tell your manager your workload is too high while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Request a regular remote work arrangement

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to request a regular remote work arrangement while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Correct your manager's factual mistake

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to correct your manager's factual mistake while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Ask for a quieter place to work

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to ask for a quieter place to work while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Address a coworker taking credit for your work

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to address a coworker taking credit for your work while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Set an after hours boundary with your manager

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to set an after hours boundary with your manager while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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Resolve a difficult work handoff

Raise a workplace problem in a way that makes the needed behavior or decision clear. This page focuses on how to resolve a difficult work handoff while keeping the message clear, proportionate, and fully refusable.

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