by Caroline | Jan 18, 2023 | Company Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork
People tend to think of culture and compliance as completely different animals. To some, culture is the fun part of an organization, how you work and play together, who you are as people. Compliance is rules, regulations, and legal risks. Boring constraints. But if...
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 | Aug 1, 2016 | HR Strategy, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, Recruiting, Training
A lot of organizations opt for video training for their employees, and why not? Video training is cheap and efficient. You buy the course, watch it anytime it fits into your schedule, maybe do some homework, done. Check that off the list…which is precisely why it’s a...
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 5, 2016 | Company Culture, Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation
No matter what kids’ show you grew up with, bullies are almost universally represented as maladapted kids from troubled homes who can’t show vulnerability and instead go around waging power struggles to make themselves feel less afraid in the world. Workplace bullies...
