Corporate ladder, meet elevator
Corporate ladder, meet elevator
A company culture will make or break a company with retention. Thoughts on Company Culture.
Mistakes at work are not always a bad thing
Mistakes at work and what to do about them
Making a mistake at work is about as bad as it gets. We were hired for our expertise in a specific discipline. We were trained by our employer and co-workers to do a specific task.
Seattle’s top coffee company provides a rare glimpse behind the scenes showing how they create an amazing company culture and why their coffee is rated number 1 in Washington state the past 4 years in a row. How great company cultures are really created.
Corporate training has come a long way. Our attitudes toward training should also move forward.
To train or not to train employees
When employees resign after a company invests in employee training, it is not just a gut punch, it’s a kick in the ding-ding when the manager is down. With the average length of career tenures getting shorter,
Who can help gender equality?
Gender Equality and Pay
As an HR guy, I hear a lot about gender equality/inequality and pay. Fair warning: This post isn’t going to be politically correct. If you are not able to handle season 4 of the TV series Sons of Anarchy or Breaking Bad, better move along cuz’
Obligatory HR Trust Fall shot (not my idea of building team trust)
Building team trust
is difficult. Sometimes individuals on our teams don’t seem to want to build a relationship with us as managers. Some folks may have had a bad experience with management in the past and others may look at the job as just a “Jay.Oh.Be”.
Day 1, the only time the interns are shown any attention
Can interns manage their manager?
Today’s post is on mentors, mentee’s and all of the feel-good that surrounds what is right about these relationships. If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you know I am a big proponent of mentors and I believe they can make one of THE LARGEST DIFFERENCES in a career.