Carolee Colter

Author's Articles
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Is it inevitable that all "new wave" co-ops founded in the 1970s will end up with general managers? |
051 March - April - 1994 | January 9, 2004 |
On July 26, 1992, businesses with at least 25 employees became subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act. On July 26, 1994, employers of at least 15 will be required to follow suit. |
044 January - February - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |
One morning Tim found a note in his mail box at the co-op when he arrived for work. It read, "We'll be here to do your evaluation at 4:30 today. |
048 September - October - 1993 | January 9, 2004 |
I don't want to disappoint my readers. This article is not going to tell you where to find a general manager. |
061 November - December - 1995 | January 9, 2004 |
How do co-op employees feel about the co-op as an employer? How satisfied are they with their compensation, their working conditions, their supervision, and their co-workers? |
063 March - April - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
"Many a man would rather have you hear his tale than grant his request. |
055 November - December - 1994 | January 9, 2004 |
Rather than "salaried or hourly," the question actually should be, "Exempt or non-exempt? |
070 May - June - 1997 | January 9, 2004 |
"Culture" maybe hard to define, but the signs of a dysfunctional workplace culture are hard to ignore. Do any of these sound like your co-op? |
074 January - February - 1998 | January 8, 2004 |
What you are trying to find out through an investigation is: |
066 September - October - 1996 | January 9, 2004 |
Disaster: a "bad star." That's the derivation of this ancient Greek word. If a comet is hurling toward the earth, or our sun goes super-nova, there is nothing to be done. |
079 November - December - 1998 | January 9, 2004 |
What we love most about co-ops is the emphasis on people. |
088 May - June - 2000 | January 8, 2004 |
Say the board of directors at your co-op has adopted a set of policies to ensure a successor for the general manager. Now management's work begins. |
085 November - December - 1999 | January 8, 2004 |
I don't have any statistics on this, but I'd bet that the vast majority of natural foods co-ops started out as collectively run organizations. |
082 May - June - 1999 | January 8, 2004 |
With the slowing of the economy, many co-ops and other natural food stores are noticing a slight easing in the difficulty of recruiting and retaining workers. |
095 July - August - 2001 | January 8, 2004 |
What went wrong? |
092 January - February - 2001 | January 8, 2004 |
Why do some people enjoy a job and stay with it for years, while others seem unhappy and eventually leave? Or they stay o |
098 January - February - 2002 | January 7, 2004 |
146 January - February - 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |
143 July - August - 2009 | July 2, 2009 | |
141 March - April - 2009 | March 5, 2009 | |
Back in 1997 I wrote a manual for the “Toolbox for Co-op Boards of Directors” series, published by Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund and distributed by Cooperative Grocer. |
139 November - December - 2008 | January 19, 2009 |