October 18, 2018 in Business Resources
Three Healthy, Sustainable Ways to Incentivize Employee Learning
Think beyond the gift cards and shoutouts in company chatrooms — here’s how to motivate employees to engage with training resources on their own.
October 15, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 005: Robert Krohn
“Usernames and passwords have to go. We need to replace them with other forms of authentication that are really more universal. We see a future where it’s your voice that is going to be used everywhere you are.”
October 8, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 004: Dory Weiss
“The things that I loved about being a teacher and a facilitator, and the ways that I like to think about classroom dynamics, those things translate very well to organizational dynamics”
October 3, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 002: Daniel Doubrovkine
“I felt like I needed some structure to understand how actual software in larger organizations is built, because a lot of our failures I thought were structural.”
October 1, 2018 in Business Resources
Change Wave 001: Mikey Butler
“The definition of merit is culturally specific so non-majority-culture people show up and don’t line up with the traditional definition of merit. The broadening of the definition, understanding that it needs to be modified as a result of you going down the path of inclusion becomes part of the journey your company has to make.”
September 26, 2018 in Podcast
The Engineering People Show, Episode 30: Nidhi Gupta
“If retention is busted, no matter how many candidates you bring in through the funnel, it’s a leaky funnel — so people, even if you attract them and they join the company, will just leave.”
September 24, 2018 in Podcast
The Engineering People Show, Episode 29: Andy Markham
“We want to make sure that we’re staffing our business in a way that reflects the people that we work with.”
September 19, 2018 in Podcast
The Engineering People Show, Episode 27: Leonid Movsesyan
“People are generally happy with their work, with their job, if they feel impactful, if they understand how their career trajectory is going to progress and if they are compensated fairly. These are the most important things for us to…
September 17, 2018 in Podcast
The Engineering People Show, Episode 26: Kevin Skibbe
“I heard feedback a while back described to me as you’re making a deposit or withdrawal from a bank account. Every time you give a bit of positive feedback, you’re making a deposit. And every time you give constructive feedback,…
September 12, 2018 in Business Resources
Mailchimp makes huge gains for diversity in technology
If you follow our social accounts for Treehouse, or my personal social accounts, you may have heard the exciting news that Mailchimp is doing something incredible in Atlanta by starting their very first TalentPath group of apprentices! With TalentPath, Treehouse…
September 4, 2018 in Podcast
The Engineering People Show, Episode 24: Prashant Pandey
“The fact was that we were building a company that looked just like the rest of Silicon Valley. It was not a diverse company, and at some point, just looking at experiences of companies that we want to grow up…
September 1, 2018 in Community
What are the differences between Treehouse Courses, Courses Plus and Techdegree?
Our ultimate guide to the differences between Treehouse Courses, Courses Plus, and Techdegree. Have questions about which plan is the best one for you? Here are some answers.