by Caroline | Feb 25, 2016 | Company Culture, Management, Training
There’s a lot of news lately about discrimination and harassment, which is discouraging. A couple of weeks ago I posted about the story of the former city employee who used a derogatory map as a joke during a presentation. And coming up, SXSW is doing an entire day of...
by Caroline | May 20, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
So, that was embarrassing. Austin Assistant City Manager Anthony Snipes has been suspended after hiring Jonathan K. Allen, former city manager for Lauderdale Lakes, Florida to come and speak to the Austin city staff about how to interact with female elected officials....
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....
