Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issues—everything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor.

Dear Eric: I retired a couple of years ago. I — like many people, I think — have realized that most of my friends and even acquaintances were work-related. Asking Eric: I’m sober, but my friend tells ...

DEAR EXHAUSTED: It was loving and generous of you to enroll in classes to become a CNA so you could give your wife’s uncle the care he needed. That she did nothing to lighten your burden, and then ...