Carolee Colter
Author's Articles
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An applicant's past performance in previous jobs is one of the best indicators you will get of how she will perform on the job. |
025 November - December - 1989 | January 9, 2004 |
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In a previous article ("Enjoying Employing," Cooperative Grocer #18, August-September 1988), I discussed the players and their respective roles in development of personnel policy. |
020 December - January - 1988 | January 9, 2004 |
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"The board makes policy and management implements policy." It sounds so simple. But developing and administering personnel policy in your particular co-op may get confusing. |
018 August - September - 1988 | January 9, 2004 |
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I'll never forget my interview for the personnel coordinator job in a collective. I was questioned by 25 people at a meeting. |
011 June - July - 1987 | January 9, 2004 |
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Whether you oversee a whole department of employees or one assistant manager or an ever-changing group of volunteers, you as a supervisor are ultimately responsible for the work of others. |
006 August - September - 1986 | January 9, 2004 |
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Staff turnover may not be measurable in costs, but it can seriously cripple a co-op. All employees of more than a few months represent a significant investment in training. |
003 February - March - 1986 | January 9, 2004 |
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Personnel files are not a sign of encroaching bureaucracy. Even very small organizations should have them. |
015 February - March - 1988 | June 7, 2004 |
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It's a situation that many boards have wrestled with: how to measure and monitor an organization's performance beyond just the numbers from financial statements. |
040 May - June - 1992 | December 17, 2008 |
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During the 1980s and the 1990s, some natural foods co-ops attempted to acquire the skills and know-how of the conventional grocery industry by hiring grocery veterans as general managers. |
110 January - February - 2004 | December 26, 2008 |
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Co-op employees have high expectations of their employers. And they should. We claim to run our businesses with multiple bottom lines. |
113 July - August - 2004 | December 27, 2008 |
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107 July - August - 2003 | December 27, 2008 |
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Ten years ago Karen Zimbelman and I conducted our first employee survey. In 1996 we shared the trends we observed in surveys we'd done (Cooperative Grocer, No. |
101 July - August - 2002 | December 27, 2008 |
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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 |
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This article has charts and tables that are |
134 Jan - Feb - 2008 | January 19, 2009 |
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Mary Jones had reason to look forward with optimism to her upcoming performance review. |
132 September - October - 2007 | January 19, 2009 |
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By now, probably most co-op boards of directors have a policy on conflicts of interest. |
130 May - June - 2007 | January 20, 2009 |
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Hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, pandemics. There was a time when the possibility of experiencing such disasters might have seemed remote. |
128 January - February - 2007 | January 20, 2009 |
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The concept of paying a livable wage appeals to everyone—employees, managers, boards, co-op members, and the community at large. |
126 September - October - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
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Note: This article contains charts that are not pictured here. You can download a pdf of the article at the end of this page. |
126 September - October - 2006 | January 20, 2009 |
| 124 May - June - 2006 | January 21, 2009 |