by Caroline | Jun 13, 2016 | Company Culture, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR
Would you enter a bike race without training for it? Or a 10K? Or a boxing match? No. No you wouldn’t. Because you know it would be painful, and embarrassing and you would fail and people wouldn’t say “Good try!” They would say “For heaven’s sake what were you doing...
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 | 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...
by Caroline | Apr 3, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork, Training
Let’s just get it out in the open: There are a lot of reasons why older IT workers have trouble finding jobs. And It’s not just because younger people discriminate against them or because older IT workers refuse to adapt to the current environment, although both of...
