Hiring? Don’t make contractors your default option

by Caroline | Mar 16, 2016 | Company Culture, Hiring, Labor Law, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation

We live in an interesting time, the time of the sharing economy. I keep reading these articles about Millennials and their preferences–like not wanting to own cars or homes. They want to rent, to use a driving service. They’re not sure they want to get married...

Set Your SXSW ROI

by Caroline | Mar 9, 2016 | Company Culture, HRSafety, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR

Quick quiz: The last time someone told you about their experience at SXSW Interactive did they talk about how inspired they were from the panels or about the awesome parties they went to? (Cue “Jeopardy” music). Employers who have the bucks to send employees to SXSW...

Create a Culture of Appreciation Among Employees

by Caroline | Mar 3, 2016 | Company Culture, HRIS, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards, teamwork

Tomorrow is Employee Appreciation Day, which most people assume is about leaders and managers appreciating employees. And it is about that. But here’s a statistic I picked up from the Society of Human Resources Managers recently: according to a 2012 report by SHRM and...

Subtle Harassment: Interfering with Work Performance

by Caroline | Feb 25, 2016 | Company Culture, Management, Training

There’s a lot of news lately about discrimination and harassment, which is discouraging. A couple of weeks ago I posted about the story of the former city employee who used a derogatory map as a joke during a presentation. And coming up, SXSW is doing an entire day of...

Employee perks: Give something that matters

by Caroline | Feb 17, 2016 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards

Last week was Valentine’s Day which, for obvious reasons, is something we celebrate here at ValentineHR. Traditionally Valentine’s Day is about sweethearts. But we think of it as a day to show appreciation for the people you care about—including your customers and...

Changing focus from the mission to the money can ruin your culture

by Caroline | Feb 10, 2016 | Company Culture, Culture, HRCompliance, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards

When Zenefits started, it had a great mission. It wanted to disrupt the insurance industry, making it easier for people to sign up for benefits and for organizations to manage their employees’ benefit plans. Let’s face it, industries with a lot of regulations can...