Alison Green

Author image for Alison Green

Alison Green writes the popular Ask a Manager blog and is the author of Ask a Manager: How to Navigate Clueless Colleagues, Lunch-Stealing Bosses, and the Rest of Your Life at Work.

Do Managers Need to Hide Their Stress From Employees?

What's the Ideal Personality Type for a Manager?

Should I Warn an Employee He Might Get Fired?

How Can I Make Team Meetings More Useful?

How to Fire a Difficult, Long-Time Employee

My Employee Has Been Sulking Since Her Job Changed

My Employee Resigned but Now Isn't Leaving

My Older Employee Keeps Talking About My Age

My Employee Disagrees With His Performance Evaluation

My Colleague Keeps Hijacking Our Meetings

My Employee Ignores My Instructions

How to Coach Employees to Be Better Managers

Is My Employee Abusing Her Sick Leave?

How to Manage an Overly Chatty Employee

My Employee Is Alienating All Her Co-Workers

Should We Tell Dating Employees One of Them Has to Quit?

I Overheard a Client Badmouthing My Team

How Can I Be Certain My Team Will Meet Deadlines?

A Terrible Employee Asked Me for a Reference

What to Say When People Ask Why an Employee Was Fired

My Employee Posts on Social Media When She's Out Sick

Should Pet Peeves Influence Your Hiring Decisions?

Should Managers and Employees Be Facebook Friends?

My Employee Wants to Be Micromanaged

How to Handle a Pushy Job Candidate

How to Handle an Employee's Complaints About a Co-Worker

What to Do When an Employee's Spouse Calls You

My Employee Resigned, but Now Wants to Stay

My Employees Won't Keep the Office Kitchen Clean

My Employee Has a Crush on Me

Am I Going Overboard With Praise for My Team?

Am I Asking Too Much of Job Applicants?

How to Get Colleagues to Stop Texting After Hours

My Staff Doesn't Like the Way I Coach Them

How Can I Tell an Employee to Mind His Own Business?

How Long Should You Wait to Reject Job Candidates?

As a New CEO, How Can I Avoid Criticizing My Predecessor?

My New Hires Keep Dropping Out Before Their Start Dates

My Employee Keeps Interrupting Me

How to Deal With an Employee Who Cries When Getting Feedback