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 | Jan 14, 2020 | Company Culture, Featured, Management, People Evaluation, Teamwork
As leaders, we want employees who love working with customers and co-workers and let’s be honest, us. How do we find and keep these passionate people who will contribute to our organization, both the bottom line and the culture? How about starting with one New Year’s...
by Caroline | Aug 8, 2018 | Communication, Company Culture, Telecommuting, company culture, management, Training
In June of this year, Blind—an app that surveys employees about HR issues and trends—asked tech company employees about retaliation in the workplace. Forty percent of respondents said managers or HR had retaliated against employees who reported an incident. Employees...
by Caroline | Mar 1, 2017 | Annual Review, Communication, Company Culture, Leadership, Management, People Evaluation, Performance Review, Progress Reports, Teamwork
Be honest, you dread the annual performance review routine. Scrolling through a year of notes and emails. (Or perhaps searching high and low for documentation you thought you saved?) Digging out the job description and last year’s paperwork. Setting big goals....
by Caroline | Sep 23, 2016 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HR Strategy, Interviewing, Leadership, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Here’s a question that every HR professional knows to ask a candidate and every DIY-er probably never did: “Have you thought about what you’re going to tell your current employer when he asks why you’re leaving?” What!? You ask. What a crazy question! Why on earth...
by Caroline | Sep 5, 2016 | Company Culture, conversations, Culture, Leadership, Management, teamwork, Training
Did you know that when your organization treats conflict as a bad thing, it can really cost the organization? It can cost money, productivity, opportunity. Take, for example, the large company we consulted with several years ago where employees were discouraged from...