by Caroline | May 14, 2014 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Management, People Evaluation, Training
Occasionally, when we propose discrimination and sexual harassment training, clients push back. “We would never hire the kind of person who would use racial epithets,” they say. “We would never hire someone who would sexually harass other employees.” Well, maybe not....
by Caroline | Apr 2, 2014 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Here’s a question that every HR professional knows to ask a candidate and every DIYer 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 | Mar 27, 2014 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
No matter what you’re hiring for, be it an executive or a software developer, there are five characteristics that mark a certain kind of person. A particular sort of human being who is just more likely to be a better team member, help push the company where it’s...
by Caroline | Mar 19, 2014 | Management, teamwork, Training
If the idea of emotional intelligence sounds like a bunch of hooey to you—as it does to some people I’ve met—consider this: An emotionally intelligent person knows enough about how activity, sleep and circumstances effect him that he can choose to leave important...
by Caroline | Mar 12, 2014 | Management, Training
Traversing the SXSW command center in downtown Austin has been an exercise in defensive walking. There were so many distracted attendees peering into their smartphones while chatting with friends and consuming free food swag, that I had to navigate carefully to avoid...
by Caroline | Feb 5, 2014 | Assessments, Company Culture, Management, People Evaluation, rewards, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Performance reviews have gained a reputation as a giant, six-headed monster in the closet. If you start doing them, you may fear, you will wind up trapped for weeks under tentacles filled with venom. It will take forever. Nothing else will get done. It will be ugly...
