by Caroline | Jul 3, 2019 | Communication, Company Culture, Teamwork
What a week for the US team at the FIFA Women’s World Cup! Today’s game against England was a nail biter. Just before the start, it was announced star player, Megan Rapinoe who scored all four goals in previous games, was out with an injury. How would the team...
by Caroline | Jun 19, 2019 | Accountability, Communication, Company Culture, Delegation, Leadership
School is out! It’s summer and for many of us, it’s vacation time. Time to take a break, relax, maybe enjoy a new locale or revisit a beloved place with friends and family. And upon returning to work, we are refreshed and reinvigorated. Except, for some of us,...
by Caroline | Oct 17, 2018 | Communication, Leadership, Time Management
What struck me was the blueberry muffins story. Stanford professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the ways bosses inadvertently waste employees’ time. One of their examples involved an executive who casually mentioned...
by Caroline | Oct 2, 2018 | Communication, Company Culture, Time Management, Values
Despite the fact that research shows being outside can dramatically boost our mental and physical health and exercise makes us sharper and more creative, how many of us choose to spend our entire workday indoors? It’s a question I asked myself recently. Business...
by Caroline | Sep 5, 2018 | Communication, Company Culture, Feedback, Interviewing
Back in the day, it was pretty common to get a phone call at home from the Gallup Poll with some person wanting to ask how you felt about a particular brand of chicken or toothpaste. Or you might go to the mall and someone would ask you to participate in a survey...
by Caroline | Aug 23, 2018 | Accountability, Communication, Company Building, Company Culture
In recent years there have been so many exciting ideas floated about cool new cultures and work structure—on-staff massage therapists and endless vacations come to mind. Maybe it is because it sounds old school that I see the eyes glaze over when I start talking about...
