Carolee Colter

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http://www.cdsconsulting.coop

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caroleecolter@cdsconsulting.coop

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CDS Consulting Co-op

Carolee Colter is a member of CDS Consulting Co-op and is based in Nelson, British Columbia.

Author's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
General Manager Evaluation: BY Karen Zimbelman, Carolee Colter 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
The Perils of Co-Management BY Carolee Colter 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
Grievances: Doing the Right Thing BY Carolee Colter "Many a man would rather have you hear his tale than grant his request. --G.K Chesterton	055 November - December - 1994	January 9, 2004
Hiring A General Manager BY Carolee Colter 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
What Co-op Employees Think BY Carolee Colter, Karen Zimbelman 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
Handling a Sexual Harassment Claim BY Carolee Colter What you are trying to find out through an investigation is:	066 September - October - 1996	January 9, 2004
Salaried or Hourly? BY Carolee Colter Rather than "salaried or hourly," the question actually should be, "Exempt or non-exempt?	070 May - June - 1997	January 9, 2004
Disaster Preparedness BY Carolee Colter 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
Transforming Workplace Culture BY Carolee Colter "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
Democratic Management in the Real World BY Carolee Colter 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
Planning Management Succession BY Carolee Colter 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
Making Co-ops A Great Place to Work BY Marilyn Scholl, Carolee Colter What we love most about co-ops is the emphasis on people.	088 May - June - 2000	January 8, 2004
Hiring in a (Still) Tight Labor Market BY Carolee Colter 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
A Near Miss at Mississippi Market BY Carolee Colter What went wrong?	092 January - February - 2001	January 8, 2004
Motivational Fit: Finding the right person for the job BY Carolee Colter 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
Can Co-ops Pay a Livable Wage? BY Carolee Colter Across the country a movement is building to demand a "livable wage" (or "living wage") for employees.	104 January - February - 2003	January 7, 2004