by Caroline | Oct 22, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Last week’s blog post received a big response. And with the repercussions of Microsoft CEO’s Satya Nadella’s comments still ricocheting around the corporate world so resoundingly, I wanted to spend a few more minutes this week to draw attention to the fact that...
by Caroline | Oct 8, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Startup Crawl is today. This week, of course, puts me in contact with a lot of startups and their issues and opportunities and the things I wish I could say that aren’t always welcome when you’re networking over beer. Like Startup Crawl reminds me of crawl, walk,...
by Caroline | Oct 1, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
How much supervision is too much? Or too little? Is that new employee who checks in every hour ever going to wean himself off your help or is this just the way it’s going to be? Conversely, if you’re a new employee, you might have to wonder if the boss is going to...
by Caroline | Aug 20, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Remember the famous line by Joe Friday from Dragnet “Just the facts ma’am….” No! You don’t! Because that’s not what he said. He said other stuff, like “All we want are the facts ma’am,” which brings me to the point of this week’s blog: The danger of assumptions. Stay...
by Caroline | Jul 30, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
So here’s a scary statistic: For small businesses 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? Because large businesses put systems in place to prevent fraud or...
by Caroline | Jun 18, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
What a week for sports teams! Spurs win the NBA championship. USA bests Ghana with a stunning set of goals at the World Cup, beating the odds. The Texas Stars take the 2014 Calder Cup in American Hockey League. It’s the perfect week for me to write about teams. As we...
