by Caroline | Aug 22, 2016 | Company Culture, Culture, Leadership, Management, People Evaluation
When you’re a small business owner with a really stellar employee, figuring out a way to keep that person on board and happy can be a challenge. There’s only so much money and so many growth opportunities. So you do what you can. You promote the employee to manager....
by Caroline | Aug 1, 2016 | HR Strategy, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, Recruiting, Training
A lot of organizations opt for video training for their employees, and why not? Video training is cheap and efficient. You buy the course, watch it anytime it fits into your schedule, maybe do some homework, done. Check that off the list…which is precisely why it’s a...
by Caroline | Jul 5, 2016 | Company Culture, Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation
No matter what kids’ show you grew up with, bullies are almost universally represented as maladapted kids from troubled homes who can’t show vulnerability and instead go around waging power struggles to make themselves feel less afraid in the world. Workplace bullies...
by Caroline | Jun 8, 2016 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, teamwork
There are certain kinds of “Help! It’s an emergency!” calls I get regularly. One of them is “I really thought this person was going to be great. I thought I asked all the right questions. But after three months I can’t even look at them…..” It turns out the employee...
by Caroline | Apr 20, 2016 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
Even if you do your due diligence, it’s not always apparent before you hire someone that they can’t follow through on tasks, can’t deal with authority, and can’t meet any deadline…ever. These are the sorts of disabilities that make people generally unemployable. But...
by Caroline | Mar 23, 2016 | Company Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, Training
Have you ever stopped to notice how often you aren’t really where you are but you’re in your head instead? You might be in a meeting, or in traffic, or doing a task but your brain is envisioning the argument you had with your partner, the upcoming employee evaluation,...
