by Caroline | Nov 20, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, rewards, teamwork
Managers are in a really tough spot these days. Most of us have seen the statistics that say employees don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Managers are being viewed as the employee engagement lynchpin. They’re expected to not only get the job done, but...
by Caroline | Oct 23, 2013 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation
So, recently a client was complaining to me about his Millennial generation employee who was completely pumped about taking Friday off to spend three days at ACL. It just bugged the employer that this generation didn’t get it. “He’s just a lot more excited about...
by Caroline | Oct 16, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Management
In the past week I have had the flu, lost my smartphone (which is worse according to most people) and dealt with a dead car battery – doesn’t it always come in threes? It’s been a stressful time period and I have not been the most patient of people (my...
by Caroline | Oct 9, 2013 | Assessments, Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
In honor of Austin Startup Week, we wanted to acknowledge that most entrepreneurs know certain common truths about startup life: They’ll have to work 40 hours a day, 12 days a week, for example. But when it comes to human resources, there’s A LOT startups don’t know....
by Caroline | Oct 2, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, teamwork, Training
When I’m looking to hire an employee, I always look for someone well rounded. Why? If you spend your nights watching TV, you’re a lot less interesting to me as an employee than if you’re a software engineer AND a skydiver AND you volunteer with the Cancer Society...
by Caroline | Sep 11, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, rewards, teamwork
Last week I wrote about five reasons your employees may hate you. Now I am not normally a negative person so while I did receive some feedback from readers on how fun it was to read and chuckle, I felt compelled to be more positive in this week’s post. So, it’s five...
