MLA/DLACon2025

Someone is hovering at the desk and telling you their life story. Another calls you “honey” or “sweetie”. Someone insists that you’re the only person that can help them with the copier. We've all been in these types of situations, and maybe we've even silently wished a coworker would come and save us. In this presentation we’ll delve into setting healthy workplace boundaries; how to set the expectations early, how to enforce them, and how to rescue a coworker in need. All of it starts with being aware of your surroundings, reading others' body language, and recognizing how our body language can be interpreted.