Organizational agility was once desirable, but is now central to business survival. Digitization should not be seen as an acceptable solution to a problem, but rather grounds to change the business model creatively for the better. Cooperation with previously unlikely partners proffers a more...
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4 Reasons Working With a Competitor Might Be in Your Best Interests
To get through these trying times, companies everywhere are examining their business models and day-to-day operations. They’re taking a keen eye to everything from their ordering processes to their employee onboarding to help identify the best opportunities to weather the COVID storm. ...
Poll: Employers Split Between Traditional Paid Leave and PTO Banks
Dive Brief: Nearly half of employers use a traditional paid leave plan, while 44% offer a single PTO bank, according to the results of a June 17 survey by XpertHR. In traditional plans, leave is organized into categories such as sick leave and vacation. In PTO plans, as defined by XpertHR, all or...
4 Signs Your Team Can’t Work From Home Long-Term
Adopting a permanent remote work model should not be a foregone conclusion. A recent Gartner survey of 229 HR leaders showed that 41 percent of employees are likely to work remotely at least part-time post-Covid. That's compared with 30 percent of employees who worked remotely at least part-time...
Meetings and Email Are Here to Stay, So Make the Most of Them
It’s popular to bash meetings and email as unproductive time sinks. By some accounts, pointless or poorly organized meetings cost the global economy billions of dollars a year. Corporate communications apps such as Microsoft Teams and Slack have attracted tens of millions of daily users by...
5 Things to Consider Before You Use Software to Monitor Remote Employees
There's nothing illegal about remotely monitoring your team with software applications. It's how you use them—and what you do with the data—that can get you into trouble. When the coronavirus forced non-essential businesses to close their doors in mid-March, U.S. employers began a sudden...
Let’s Stop Pretending That All Jobs Are Equally Valuable
Does your organization have a one-size-fits-all orientation toward recruiting? Or does it recruit based on an intentionally built recruiting strategy that is part of a larger organization strategy? That you should aim for the latter is fairly indisputable. But how your organizational strategy...
Businesses Are Ready to Embrace Remote Work. Employees Aren’t Convinced
Two new surveys of people forced to go remote show productivity up, yet burnout close behind. Two new surveys show that teams forced into remote work during the pandemic are split on whether they want to continue working remotely going forward. However, in those same surveys, many business...
How to Mitigate ‘Reboarding’ Risks as Workplaces Reopen
Employers can consider a multitude of tactics, sources say, from selecting returnees fairly to communicating transparently. As more states and industries begin reopening, employers are also beginning to rehire employees who were involuntarily separated via pandemic-driven workforce reductions. In...
Got a PPP Loan but Workers Rejected Your Rehire Offer? You Might Have to Report Them to Unemployment
The federal Paycheck Protection Program offers forgivable loans intended to help employers cover up to eight weeks of payroll expenses and other costs. Borrowers that have laid people off can obtain forgiveness, but they’ll need to maintain headcount, which means rehiring those individuals. Firms...
Remote Learning: What We’ve Learned During the Transition
Over the last months, amid school closures, educators have had to quickly adapt their instruction to allow for remote learning. This includes not only those in traditional schools but also after-school enrichment providers that often run STEAM and project-based learning programs for elementary...
Florida Republicans Want to Shield Businesses From COVID-19 Lawsuits, Lawyers are Pushing Back
Gov. Ron DeSantis is considering the support of legislation that would add further protections to businesses from liability related to the new coronavirus. When Florida’s businesses start to reopen on Monday, questions about worker and customer safety are likely to be among their most pressing...