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 9, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, HRSafety, Management, Non profit HR
It’s time for the annual holiday party and management folks everywhere are trying to figure out how to make this a fun, festive celebration without any catastrophes. Or let me say, some of them are. I’ve known CEOs who grabbed the DJ’s microphone and announced “Hey I...
by Caroline | Dec 2, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Management, Non profit HR
The reason people find the holidays so completely stressful, at least one reason, is that we all already have so many things to think about. Suddenly in addition to work and family, friends, pets, budgets, whether or not moths are eating our woolen clothes, we also...
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 | Nov 20, 2015 | Assessments, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Last week I wrote a blog about the perils of leaning too heavily on personality profiles for hiring, which bothered some people who are in the industry. Lest I be misunderstood, I don’t think we should ditch personality profiles. They’re a really useful tool as a part...
by Caroline | Nov 11, 2015 | Assessments, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
The other night I tuned in to the movie Divergent and was frankly distracted, the entire time, by how much the plot reminded me of how a lot of people hire these days. In Divergent, kids are given a test at 16 which pretty much tells them which post-apocalyptic...
