by Caroline | Jan 16, 2019 | Adapt to Change, Company Culture, Leadership
Groundhog Day is right around the corner, which always reminds me of the movie with Bill Murray. I love that movie. In case you haven’t seen it—is that even possible? Groundhog Day is about a guy who keeps living the same day over and over again and eventually sees it...
by Caroline | Nov 28, 2018 | Company Building, Culture, Holiday Party, Leadership, Management
This is not a “do’s and don’ts” holiday party lecturing kind of a blog. This is more like a “yeah, we are all adults, but sometimes some of us forget that” kind of a blog. “Tonight the decisions you make will have consequences that will haunt you for the rest of your...
by Caroline | Oct 17, 2018 | Communication, Leadership, Time Management
What struck me was the blueberry muffins story. Stanford professors Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao wrote a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the ways bosses inadvertently waste employees’ time. One of their examples involved an executive who casually mentioned...
by Caroline | Mar 21, 2018 | Leadership, Management, Vision
People talk about abusive bosses, harassing bosses, micromanaging bosses but people seldom talk about the perils that come with being, or having, a “nice” boss. It seems like being a nice boss would be a good thing. You give people room to do their own jobs, you don’t...
by Caroline | Nov 30, 2017 | Leadership, Management, Sexual Harassment
I love Saturday Night Live’s “Claire from HR” character but I have never loved her schtick so much as when she came on the show’s Weekend Update recently to give a multiple choice test on sexual abuse and harassment. Among her questions: When you are in an office...
