by Caroline | Feb 10, 2016 | Company Culture, Culture, HRCompliance, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards
When Zenefits started, it had a great mission. It wanted to disrupt the insurance industry, making it easier for people to sign up for benefits and for organizations to manage their employees’ benefit plans. Let’s face it, industries with a lot of regulations can...
by Caroline | Jan 13, 2016 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Non profit HR, Recruiting, rewards
There are a lot of cool new ways to recruit people. Apps that let you recommend friends. Tools that mine your social footprint for competency. Google even has its “Rabbit Hole” program where it recognizes certain people as innovative because of their search terms and...
by Caroline | Jan 7, 2016 | Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, rewards, teamwork
Most of the people I know who take on a leadership position would love to be great at it. They want the vision of Steve Jobs, the efficiency of Jeff Bezos, the moxie and mentorship skills of Barbara Corcoran. But leadership is hard. And the most difficult thing about...
by Caroline | Dec 30, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Holiday Wishes!!, HRCompliance, HRIS, HRSafety, Labor Law, Management, People Evaluation, rewards, teamwork
2015 was, in a lot of ways, a big year of shifting. With a crazy battle for talent and everybody trying to figure out how to create a winning culture, there were many organizations wrestling to figure out how to flatten their hierarchies and what benefits would really...
by Caroline | Nov 25, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Management, Non profit HR, rewards
There has been a lot of research about the benefits of gratitude: Improved sleep, reduced depression, better physical health and better relationships. Research shows that just saying “Thank you” increases the recipient’s desire to make a further connection with you....
by Caroline | Oct 21, 2015 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, HRCompliance, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, rewards
Every year, there is at least one book and a spate of articles about the evils of annual performance reviews. Basically it’s the same theme – Toss the reviews! Ban the process! These writers think performance reviews shouldn’t exist. They say managers hate them...
