by Caroline | Jul 28, 2020 | Communication, Company Building, Company Culture, Leadership
Unprecedented, once in a lifetime, and the new normal are words and phrases surveyed Twitter users recently told Dictionary.com they never wanted to hear or read again. Why? I suspect it is because we have repeatedly used them in response to the past 5 months. We are...
by Caroline | Jun 5, 2019 | Company Building, Hiring, Recruiting
Odds are your hiring managers want to hire candidates who are experienced in ~90% of the job. Why? They want to go home and sleep at night thinking the tasks are covered and the team is productive. Odds are the best candidates really want a job that is 50-75 % of what...
by Caroline | Feb 27, 2019 | Company Building, Data, Leadership, Research, ROI
According to an article published in the Wall Street Journal’s CMO Insights and Analysis section, over half of the companies in a recent survey invest in market research as part of their marketing budget. Why? Maybe because they know they’re going to waste a lot of...
by Caroline | Nov 28, 2018 | Company Building, Culture, Holiday Party, Leadership, Management
This is not a “do’s and don’ts” holiday party lecturing kind of a blog. This is more like a “yeah, we are all adults, but sometimes some of us forget that” kind of a blog. “Tonight the decisions you make will have consequences that will haunt you for the rest of your...
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...
