by Caroline | Aug 29, 2016 | Company Culture, conversations, Culture, Leadership, Management, teamwork
One thing many managers may not appreciate about being a manager is the necessity of having icky conversations. What is an icky conversation? It might be telling the associate, driving with you to the sales call, that his breath could stop a rhinoceros in full charge....
by Caroline | Aug 22, 2016 | Company Culture, Culture, Leadership, Management, People Evaluation
When you’re a small business owner with a really stellar employee, figuring out a way to keep that person on board and happy can be a challenge. There’s only so much money and so many growth opportunities. So you do what you can. You promote the employee to manager....
by Caroline | Aug 8, 2016 | Company Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, teamwork
I’ve seen stories lately—in HR circles—asking “Should you let employees play Pokemon GO?” They’re posing it as if Pokemon GO has posed a wholly new moral/ethical dilemma, brought on by a new technology that will change the way we will live forever. It’s not. The...
by Caroline | Jul 25, 2016 | Company Culture, Hiring, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, Recruiting
There’s a big, fat disconnect in the hiring business. It’s the chicken and the egg. Employers want employees with experience. But there are a slew of kids emerging from high school and college asking “How can I get experience if you won’t hire me?” The answer, for...
by Caroline | Jul 18, 2016 | Compensation and Benefits, HR Strategy, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards
Every year, Payscale puts out a Compensation Best Practices Report. This year, they reported some scary employment compensation data: while 73 percent of companies believe they pay fairly, only 36 percent of employees report that they’re being fairly paid....
by Caroline | Jul 11, 2016 | Company Culture, HR Strategy, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Leadership, Management, teamwork
The election year, Orlando and Dallas shootings, Gretchen Carlson and Fox News…we’re living and working in the midst of current events with highly emotional triggers. Documented in social and traditional media outlets are people who feel abused, discriminated...
