by Caroline | May 14, 2014 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Management, People Evaluation, Training
Occasionally, when we propose discrimination and sexual harassment training, clients push back. “We would never hire the kind of person who would use racial epithets,” they say. “We would never hire someone who would sexually harass other employees.” Well, maybe not....
by Caroline | Jan 29, 2014 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, rewards
Last week I talked about the benefits employers tend to give that look free—like gym memberships—but can actually wind up raising employees’ taxable income. But employers have to find some way to sweeten the pot so the most talented, skilled people will want to work...
by Caroline | Feb 6, 2013 | Company Culture, People Evaluation, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management, Training
It’s generally considered a bad idea to condemn large groups of people on the basis of a single characteristic. Unless they’re middle managers. Since the 1980s middle managers have been fair game for every kind of disparagement. They’ve been called Dilberts, labeled...
by Caroline | Oct 24, 2012 | Assessments, Hiring, People Evaluation, Recruiting
It’s one of the great hiring conundrums: Employers want to hire people who are experienced in 90-to-100 percent of a given job. They want to go home and sleep at night knowing the job is covered. The problem is, most candidates really want a job that’s only 50-to-75...
