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 | May 2, 2018 | Change Management, Compensation, Drama-Free Workplace, Working Relationships
Let’s say you have a favorite customer who comes into your coffee shop twice a day, in the morning and afternoon. You always chat and catch up on each other’s day, you know about each other’s families and joys and frustrations with work. Then one day the customer...
by Caroline | Feb 28, 2018 | Culture, Networking, SXSW
In reverse order… 7. You don’t need to follow up with a quiz: There’s this hope you can send employees to SXSW and they’ll come back with incredible insights and a slew of genius prospects for employment – instead of a hangover and social disease. Lines...
by Caroline | Jan 17, 2018 | Communication, Leadership, Sexual Harassment
It’s a little baffling for some of us how shocked some people are about all the revelations of sexual harassment in the workplace. After all, it’s not a new phenomenon in any regard. But what’s even harder to comprehend is how many fingers are being pointed in...
by Caroline | Nov 16, 2017 | Business Plan, Communication, Culture, Internal Communication, Leadership, Management
Few leaders would dispute the importance of communicating effectively with customers. After all, the last thing you need is a kerfuffle that makes them take their business and money elsewhere. But for some reason, employers don’t always have the same standards when it...
