HR Advice, Tips & Insights
Expert advice on hiring, compliance, culture-building, and leadership from our team.

Do Referral Programs Promote Racism?
“Refer your friends and family to earn a bonus!” We’ve all heard about these programs and I know I’ve used this as a recruitme…
Save the Date – July 27th
Tara Bethell, Founder & CEO, Copper Quail Consulting, will be the featured guest on The Nonprofit Show, presented by the American Nonprofit Academ…

Keep Your Skills Sharp
What are you doing with your newfound time since you’re not commuting to work as often as you used to? Why not use that time to sharpen your ski…

Staff Appreciation – Don’t Blow It
If you missed the AzODN Recognition and Appreciation Zoom Program, you missed a good one! We talked about successful and failed attempts in giving and…

Measure, Don’t Monitor, WFH Staff
Ten years ago, when an employee asked to work from home, the answer was often something like, “Well, if we do that for you, we’ll have to…

Appreciation & Recognition Zoom Event
June 30 – Appreciation & Recognition Join Lori Howard, Liz Kinsfather and Tara Bethell for a facilitated conversation on Appreciation and Re…

The Time is Now – Update Handbooks
I love to help clients create and launch employee handbooks. Seeing all their ideas, mission language, and benefits they provide come together with th…

Free Consulting Offer
For Arizona Minority, Women, and LGBTQ-owned Businesses I have long been a people-person and will talk to anyone (playground, grocery store, on the si…

Turning to Yoga (Again and Again)
My yoga journey began in 2002 as a way to lose weight for my wedding. I had no idea that completing that VHS (!) tape workout every day for three mont…