Small businesses should evaluate what works best for their needs and employees, regardless of policies from big companies. As the coronavirus surges during a fourth wave, companies are scrambling to keep their workplaces safe. With news that the Pfizer vaccine has now obtained full Food and Drug...
Resilience, or a lack thereof, has been a defining theme of the past year. Amid economic strife and a public health crisis, businesses naturally divided along two lines: the prepared and the unprepared. Even then, most did not escape without bruises. This division also seemed to fall along another...
The pandemic forced companies to rethink the onboarding process and now it's time to update the hiring process. Return to the office plans are in flux and the threat of the Great Resignation is still looming. The pandemic forced companies to rethink the onboarding process and now it's time to...
Concerns over the rising numbers of Covid-19 cases due to the highly contagious delta variant are sending corporate return-to-work policies askew. In the last few weeks, a handful of the most influential tech companies in the U.S., including Google and Apple, delayed their return dates from...
Even when this CEO didn’t hit all of his objectives, keeping a “go big” mentality helped him get closer to where he wanted to be. It might sound elementary, but our anecdotal evidence shows that companies actively setting big goals typically leads to business growth and sustainability. Of course,...
Companies that keep the best people on their team know that every employee's healthy work-life balance is different. In the spring of 2020, millions of people were losing their jobs as the pandemic shuttered entire industries and sectors. Individuals who remained employed craved job security, so...
5 generations of employees will be working together under one roof. Are you prepared for the unexpected? As Gen-Z enters the workforce, for the first time in history, five generations of employees will be working together under one roof, at least for a short period of time. In this...
I know it’s fashionable for the talking heads in the leadership and workplace space to predict a business world that is “forever virtual.” However, let me be the first to burst that bubble by saying: That’s not gonna happen! Indeed, the COVID-19 housing boom indicates that I am wrong. The folks...
Some employees are resisting going back to the office. But these team members are ready, and think these strategies will help make for a smooth transition. Companies are making plans to return to the office. Staffing firm LaSalle Network’s Office Re-Entry Index found that most CEOs surveyed...
In a meeting recently, a successful serial entrepreneur, who wants to shift to becoming a full-time investor, remarked that they were going back to school to get an MBA at the age of 45. I asked, why? The answer was surprising to me. Even though this entrepreneur had built several companies (north...
Nine out of 10 organizations will be combining remote and on-site working, according to a new McKinsey survey. This is following the proof that businesses are able to adopt remote working, continue to be productive, and see employee satisfaction rise as a result. These eight charts show the...
We all anticipated that the world would be different when we returned from lock-down to (semi)normal operations. But who could have predicted the post-pandemic employment landscape in which we find ourselves? One in which: Nearly 3 million women have dropped out of the labor pool People continue...