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Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. Ask a Manager Contents: - [I share an office with a smoker, and the smell is making me sick](#mctoc1) - [coworker gave my presentation without my okay, acupuncture as team-building, and more](#mctoc2) - [how to speak up as a group at work](#mctoc3) - [I don’t want to do Toastmasters with my boss!](#mctoc4) [][][] I share an office with a smoker, and the smell is making me sick Feb 20, 2018 10:59 am A reader writes: I have a question about sharing an office with a smoker. I share an office with one office mate. We are the only two employees under our boss and we cover for each other (and two other employees in another department) when the other isn’t here. I’m six months pregnant and am […] You may also like: - [update: my coworker won’t stop telling me that I smell]( - [my boss is smothering me]( - [my office-mate’s breast pump is too noisy, negotiating a 4-day work week, and more]( [I share an office with a smoker, and the smell is making me sick]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like I share an office with a smoker, and the smell is making me sick on Facebook]( [][][] coworker gave my presentation without my okay, acupuncture as team-building, and more Feb 20, 2018 12:03 am It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My coworker gave my presentation without my okay I recently had to call out sick last minute, which meant I missed a brief presentation I was supposed to give as part of a larger meeting. I told the meeting organizer I wouldn’t be there, and […] You may also like: - [my boss keeps reminding me to dress up]( - [I suck at role-playing exercises — can I get out of them?]( - [how to follow up with a bad guest speaker]( [coworker gave my presentation without my okay, acupuncture as team-building, and more]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like coworker gave my presentation without my okay, acupuncture as team-building, and more on Facebook]( [][][] how to speak up as a group at work Feb 19, 2018 01:59 pm I sometimes suggest that letter-writers who are concerned about a problem at work get a group of coworkers to all speak up about it together — because there’s strength in numbers and it can be harder to blow off a group than a single person. But I want to talk more about what that looks […] You may also like: - [how much detail do you have to share when you call in sick?]( - [a member of our professional group is making people feel excluded]( - [can I knit during work meetings?]( [how to speak up as a group at work]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like how to speak up as a group at work on Facebook]( [][][] I don’t want to do Toastmasters with my boss! Feb 19, 2018 12:30 pm A reader writes: My boss would like me to work on speaking up more in meetings. I am by nature shy, and this is something I have always struggled with. I have a particularly hard time speaking up around authority figures. However, I am actively working on improving in this area and I’ve joined our […] You may also like: - [how to follow up with a bad guest speaker]( - [do I really have to be on camera for my job?]( - [our job candidates have to give “positivity presentations”]( [I don’t want to do Toastmasters with my boss!]( was originally published by Alison Green on [Ask a Manager](. [Read More]( [share on Twitter]( [Like I don’t want to do Toastmasters with my boss! on Facebook]( Getting too many emails? [Switch to a weekly version instead](. Copyright © 2018 Ask A Manager, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my email list at askamanager.org. Our mailing address is: Ask A Manager askamanager.orgWashington, DC 20002 [Add us to your address book](//askamanager.us1.list-manage.com/vcard?u=e3ab10e0da70e9f121f037e2b&id=46df0f75a7) [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences](