by Caroline | Apr 15, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, HRCompliance, Management, Non profit HR
The blurry controversy over public vs. private in the workplace just keeps growing. There are questions like whether your employees can rag about you on Facebook, and whether you can root around in candidates’ social media to find people who have the inside dirt on...
by Caroline | Apr 8, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Management, Non profit HR, teamwork
What happens when somebody makes a mistake at your organization? I don’t mean forgetting to turn off the lights when they leave the room, I mean a big mistake like accidentally putting the wrong information in a project for a new client or hiring someone it isn’t...
by Caroline | Apr 1, 2015 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Management, Non profit HR
When I was in college, I worked at a women’s clothing boutique. One of the girls I worked with also had a part-time job at the shoe store down the street and offered everyone at the clothing boutique her employee discount from the shoe store. We were thrilled, until...
by Caroline | Mar 25, 2015 | Assessments, Company Culture, Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Hiring is scary for a lot of reasons. First of all, most companies tend to hire at the 11th hour, when they desperately need someone, so they’re not feeling particularly strategic. Plus, it’s a hairy process of recruiting, culling through resumes, worrying...
by Caroline | Mar 18, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, teamwork
It’s spring break in Texas, and all along the coast, business owners and non profit executives may have one eye on their kids playing in the surf and the other on their smartphones, checking their inboxes. You know it’s true. One of the most challenging things for...
