by Caroline | Nov 14, 2018 | Company Culture, Culture, HRSafety, Planning, Teamwork
No, not the upcoming holiday “party-ed too hard” a la Office Christmas Party movie issues. I am referring to the multitude of literal natural disasters we have experienced on a national level this year including floods, hurricanes, wildfires and ice storms. Here...
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...
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...
by Caroline | Dec 9, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, HRSafety, Management, Non profit HR
It’s time for the annual holiday party and management folks everywhere are trying to figure out how to make this a fun, festive celebration without any catastrophes. Or let me say, some of them are. I’ve known CEOs who grabbed the DJ’s microphone and announced “Hey I...
by Caroline | Jan 21, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, HRSafety, Management, teamwork
2014 was a bad year for ice in Austin. On January 28 there were 270 crashes between midnight and 6 a.m. And even though, as I write this, the weather’s lovely in Austin (except for all the insidious Cedar pollen), Dallas is being hit with what seems like constant mini...
by Caroline | Sep 25, 2013 | Compensation and Benefits, HRSafety, Labor Law
A lot of employers are freaking out about the impending implementation of the Affordable Care Act. I don’t quite get it, because most of my clients with more than 50 employees—those required to provide medical insurance to employees—already have a medical plan. But...
