Whatever the new normal becomes, small-business owners will be at the forefront of shaping life as we know it. Some trends will prove durable long beyond this time. I agree, more emphasis on digital tools, stronger customer connections, remote team collaboration and...
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The 6 Childhood Trends Of Successful Entrepreneurs
How a child spends the formative years of their live has a huge impact on their future. Forbes researched the childhoods of hundreds of entrepreneurs and interviewing several successful entrepreneurs and business leaders from different backgrounds and discovered six...
Why writing matters in remote work
In remote work, we communicate primarily through writing. We send messages. We document projects. We send meeting invites with a written description of the purpose. We’re writing all the time. Many organizations are working from home at the moment – Thus, writing is...
The B2B digital inflection point How sales have changed during COVID-19
For sales leaders contemplating how to react, taking care of their people and customers must be a top priority. Even as they manage that reality, sales leaders also need to adjust how their organizations sell in the face of new customer habits and trying economic...
8 Essential Project Management Skills for Productive Work
Every project manager has their strengths and weaknesses and to be genuinely productive, you must have a blend of project management skills that are adaptable and ready for any situation. This article touches on 8 that really make or break your projects Planning,...
54% of adults want to work remotely most of the time after the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has created global shifts in the way people work, shop, and socialize Millions of workers have transitioned their job operations to work remotely in the wake of the coronavirus, and as these workers settle into their home-based routines, many...
Now Is an Unprecedented Opportunity to Hire Great Talent
While the Covid-19 pandemic hits and reshapes companies, industries, national economies, and our society in previously unthinkable ways, business leaders need to think beyond survival to the opportunities this crisis might create, not only for their own organizations...
The U.S. Is Not Headed Toward a New Great Depression
There is no doubt that the coronavirus is driving a macroeconomic meltdown around the world. In the U.S. and elsewhere, heavy job losses will likely drive unemployment figures to levels not seen since the Great Depression. Fiscal efforts to contain the crisis are...
Coursera to give unemployed workers free access to 3,800 online courses
Online learning platform Coursera will make 3,800 of its courses available for free to people unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The goal of the initiative is to help workers develop skills to become re-employed, according to a Coursera blog post. You can’t...
How the Coronavirus Crisis Is Redefining Jobs
Three insights from HBR on how works needs to change Make work portable across the organization. Accelerate automation Share employees in cross-industry talent exchanges We’ve been doing a lot to help clients with the first two – the last one is a new idea – but with...
How To Teach Online During the Current Crisis
David Siteman Garland is an incredible internet entrepreneur known for his podcasts, interviews and online courses In his post he shares some awesome tips about how to teach and best share your knowledge with your community Here’s a summary with the full guide below...
Task Inflation in Email – The Unexpected Side Effects of Enforced Telework
From Cal Newport – who has spent years studying how knowledge work (deep work) operates We tend treat the assignment of work tasks with great informality, perhaps in passing conversation or a quick email Most managers cannot quantify the load on their team members...