Posts Tagged ‘HR’
We are family!
As part of an employee survey, Lori Goemans, the human resources manager at The C.A. Lawton Co., asked employees how they would describe its culture. She then plotted the results in a colorful “word cloud,” where the most frequently-cited words appear larger, and the less popular ones are smaller. “Our goal was to identify what…
Read MoreWho do I report to?
A common question job applicants ask is, “Who will I report to if I work in the foundry?” The answer is, you will report to a working supervisor. During the past 12 months, the foundry has been restructured so that each supervisor has no more than five to seven direct reports compared to the previous…
Read MoreRemarkable people and one-on-one meetings
By: Lori Goemans I was recently having a conversation with a family member about “business-ey” type stuff. In the course of the conversation, I mentioned that supervisors are expected to have a 30-minute one-on-one meeting with each of their direct employees. Every week. It’s so important to Lawton that we structured our organization to limit…
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