by Caroline | Feb 3, 2016 | Company Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, teamwork
Yesterday was Groundhog Day which always reminds me of the movie with Bill Murray. I love that movie. In case you haven’t seen it—is that even possible? Groundhog Day is about a guy who keeps living the same day over and over again and eventually sees it not as some...
by Caroline | Jan 28, 2016 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Leadership, Management, Training
Austin has a unique culture. On the one hand, we live in a world where trigger warnings and micro- aggressions are a huge issue for people, and many Austinites take fair and compassionate treatment for people of all colors, creeds, sexual preferences and gender...
by Caroline | Jan 20, 2016 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, HRIS, Leadership, Management
In case you haven’t heard, the IRS deadlines for Affordable Care Act reporting requirements have been pushed back. For companies that are on the ball and scrambled to do whatever they had to do to make the deadlines, this is an annoyance. It’s like people who prepared...
by Caroline | Jan 13, 2016 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Non profit HR, Recruiting, rewards
There are a lot of cool new ways to recruit people. Apps that let you recommend friends. Tools that mine your social footprint for competency. Google even has its “Rabbit Hole” program where it recognizes certain people as innovative because of their search terms and...
by Caroline | Jan 7, 2016 | Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards, teamwork
Most of the people I know who take on a leadership position would love to be great at it. They want the vision of Steve Jobs, the efficiency of Jeff Bezos, the moxie and mentorship skills of Barbara Corcoran. But leadership is hard. And the most difficult thing about...
by Caroline | Dec 30, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Holiday Wishes!!, HRCompliance, HRIS, HRSafety, Labor Law, Management, People Evaluation, rewards, teamwork
2015 was, in a lot of ways, a big year of shifting. With a crazy battle for talent and everybody trying to figure out how to create a winning culture, there were many organizations wrestling to figure out how to flatten their hierarchies and what benefits would really...
