The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization, today pushed for support of the formal resolution to allow for expedited floor consideration of H.R. 8265. “Small business owners are working day and night to remain afloat, take care of their employees and their communities, and keep their doors open, said … [More]
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Survey Finds 51% Have Been More Productive Working from Home during COVID-19
FlexJobs
According to a FlexJobs survey* of approximately 4,000 people who have been working remotely during the pandemic, 51 percent report they have been much more productive working from home than they were in the traditional office. 44 percent said their productivity was about the same. Only 5 percent say they have been less productive in their home office. Overall Views on … [More]
How to Turn Difficult Times into a Period of Growth
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If there is one thing that most people have in common during the last few months, it is that the pandemic has created more stress and made life more difficult. In fact, a study published in the September 2020 issue of the journal Science Advances found that acute stress and depressive symptoms increased significantly over time as COVID-19 news took center stage. Without a … [More]
African American State & Local Government Employees Have Higher Concerns about Health and Financial Risks of COVID-19
Center for State and Local Government Excellence
A national poll of state and local employees finds that African American workers are more concerned than their colleagues about the potential health and economic impacts of COVID-19. Thirty-nine percent of African American state and local employees are worried about contracting the coronavirus at work as compared to 22 percent of all other survey respondents. Twenty-one percent … [More]
Leader in Workspace Technology Solutions Releases Detailed ‘Back to the Office’ Guidelines
Condeco Software
Once the threat of COVID-19 subsides, the business world that emerges will be very different. This ‘new normal’ will see the workforce expecting a more flexible approach to the way we work and a reduction in real estate needs. Large parts of the workforce will want to reduce commute times and work more flexibly. The office will become a place to collaborate and meet with … [More]
78% of Employees Didn’t Notice a Change in Their Company’s Diversity in 2020, Despite Increased Attention to the Benefits of DE&I
The Manifest
Two-thirds of American employees (66%) consider their company somewhat or very diverse according to a new survey from The Manifest, a business news and how-to website. In comparison, only 15% of workers do not believe their company is diverse. Most employees think their company is diverse, but even more have not seen their company's diversity improve in the past year, … [More]
How Leading from the Heart Can Propel Business Executives to Greatness
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But when business leaders allow an unhealthy ego to drive them, enormous problems are certain to follow, says Kimberly Roush, founder of All-Star Executive Coaching and co-author of Who Are You… When You Are Big? “A big ego can be toxic,” Roush says. “Your ego should not feed on the thought, ‘I’m bigger and more important than you.’ Instead, your ego should thrive on the … [More]
Why You Should Know the ABCs of Investing Before You Start
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Financial literacy in America has long been lacking, spanning the generations. It’s well-documented the problem begins with a lack of education on personal finance in youth and extends to the autumn working years, when many people are ill-prepared for retirement. Yet, it’s never too late to address this shortfall of important knowledge, and for those trying to formulate a … [More]
Study: 63% of Arizonans Believe that Returning to the Workplace Should Be Optional
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Since the start of the pandemic, millions of Americans have been working from home instead of going into their usual place of work. As the economy slowly re-opens, many workers in public-facing jobs, like shops, bars and restaurants, have already gone back to their workplace. Office workers are among those who could soon be asked to do the same, and the question on many … [More]
Who Do You Have to Become to Lead Your Business with Power?
by Susie Carder
Many of us entrepreneurs start our businesses as technicians. This means we have a skill, specialty, or trade that we apply to serve our clients. We open our businesses to provide the product or service that stems from that expertise. And some business owners like being the technician. They want to be the one to coach the client one-on-one or do the manicures or review their … [More]
With Jobs Eliminated Daily, Is Now the Right Time to Buy a Business?
By Terry Monroe
The economy and job market have been on a roller coaster since the pandemic hit in the early part of 2020. First, the stock market took a nosedive and reached some all-time lows, only to rebound to all-time highs. The same has occurred in the job market. First, we were experiencing the lowest unemployment in years, only to be followed by the highest unemployment since the … [More]
Organizations with a Culture of Connection Hold the Competitive Advantage, As Do Their Employees
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To prevent negative effects of social isolation employees might be experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders should strive to build a culture of connection. In Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work, Second Edition (ATD Press, September 2020), leadership experts Michael Lee Stallard, Todd W. Hall, Katharine … [More]
Healthcare Startups Raised $111.4B in Total Funding, a 34% Jump Year-Over-Year
BuyShares
The coronavirus pandemic put enormous pressure on the healthcare industry, forcing pharmaceutical giants and institutions to roll out clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine at breakneck speed. But behind the COVID-19 outbreak as the main healthcare issue in 2020, large health systems and venture capital firms continued investing millions in startups whose products could bring … [More]
Remote Work Set to Nearly Triple in the Post-COVID World
XpertHR
New Providence, NJ (September 22, 2020) – The average percentage of employees who will work remotely at least part of the time is projected to nearly triple from 12% before the COVID-19 pandemic to 30% after the pandemic, according to 835 US employers responding to XpertHR’s Survey on Employer Response to COVID-19. During survey fielding—which was late July to mid-August … [More]
Disrupt the Disruption: How Businesses Can Meet COVID-Forced Changes Head-On
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Businesses continue to navigate the changes that COVID-19 has wrought on the economy, rethinking how they serve customers, searching desperately for ways to cut spending, and trying to make long-term plans while ensuring short-term survival. But it’s worth remembering that change that disrupts the economy is nothing new – with or without a pandemic, says Juan Riboldi, an … [More]
The Struggles of Small Business Don’t Bode Well for the Overall Economy
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The year 2020 can’t end quickly enough for most small business owners. Across the country, the pandemic forced many of them to close their operations temporarily – or permanently – and the continued economic uncertainty threatens to kill the ambitions of entrepreneurs who planned to launch businesses but now must put their dreams on hold. None of that bodes well for the … [More]
Why Do I Have to Praise Someone Just for Doing Their Job? And 4 Other Questions Leaders Have about Appreciation
by Liz Uram
Do you ever feel like there is way too much appreciation going on in your workplace? If you said no, you’re not alone. Your team would probably say the same thing. A Gallup survey revealed that 65% of employees haven’t received recognition in the last year. This directly correlates to the studies that consistently report that two-thirds of American workers are … [More]
Five Tips for Success in a Multi-Cultural Workplace
by Stacey Lynn
By standards relating to both morality and money, a diverse workplace is a successful workplace. In a brick-and-mortar office, diversity in the workplace is generally limited by the demographics of a given locale. As most know, COVID-19 forced many companies to start working completely remotely, and a lot of those companies are expected to continue this style of work, at least … [More]
