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 | Nov 14, 2018 | Company Culture, Culture, HRSafety, Planning, Teamwork
No, not the upcoming holiday “party-ed too hard” a la Office Christmas Party movie issues. I am referring to the multitude of literal natural disasters we have experienced on a national level this year including floods, hurricanes, wildfires and ice storms. Here...
by Caroline | Oct 31, 2018 | Accountability, Compliance, Culture, Ethics, Vision
So here’s a scary statistic: For small businesses and non-profits with fewer than 100 employees, the average damage from employee fraud tallies up to $200,000. The numbers are actually lower for large businesses…Why? Probably because larger organizations find the time...
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 | Oct 2, 2018 | Communication, Company Culture, Time Management, Values
Despite the fact that research shows being outside can dramatically boost our mental and physical health and exercise makes us sharper and more creative, how many of us choose to spend our entire workday indoors? It’s a question I asked myself recently. Business...
