by Caroline | Jun 27, 2018 | Benefits, Company Culture, Employee Empowerment
For many people, Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) are the absolute best option for health insurance. But because they have a few more moving parts than more traditional plans, business owners often tell me they don’t want to offer...
by Caroline | May 30, 2018 | Bullying, Company Culture, Compliance, Drama-Free Workplace, Values
No matter what kids’ show or holiday movie you grew up watching, bullies are almost universally represented as maladaptive kids from troubled homes who can’t show vulnerability and instead go around waging power struggles to make themselves feel less afraid in the...
by Caroline | Jan 31, 2018 | Company Culture, Crisis Management, Planning
In the last three weeks, we have experienced an ice storm that shut down major East coast airports, wildfires and mudslides on the West coast and a flu epidemic that is closing schools nationwide. That’s some crisis management. So what is crisis management? It...
by Caroline | Jan 4, 2018 | Benefits, Company Culture, Generations
If you’re like most companies, you have employees from three, possibly four, generations working for you these days: Baby Boomers, GenX, Millennials, and even Plurals. Yet many companies still try to fit one benefit plan around people who are thinking of retiring,...
by Caroline | Jun 27, 2017 | Best Place to Work, Communication, Company Culture, Learning Culture
I was recently perusing several business magazines’ “Best Places to Work” lists. Not surprising, of course, Google is #1. Why? Controversial statement alert! It’s not the massages, organic fresh-made juices or comfy couches that keep their employees happy and...
by Caroline | Jun 7, 2017 | Business Partners, Company Culture, Leadership, Management, Strategic Plan
After a brief search of HR related-job postings recently, I was pleased to see that more and more of them are titled HR Business Partner. Yes, that is correct, Human Resources is a business profession. Really! HR—What it’s Not What is it not? It’s not a...
