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Tips to Stay Productive in Turbulent Times
I am a mindfulness expert. I’m founding partner of a company called Mindful. I’ve devoted the past decade of my personal and professional life to building the skill of focused attention. And yet I have a confession to make. In …
Inc.
Virtual Communication: The One Thing You Can Do To Be More Effective
You’ve been communicating virtually for months, so you must be an expert by now, right? Perhaps, but there’s one error you can …
Forbes
8 Strategies to Improve Leadership Team Performance
Strong organizations are grounded by a well-coordinated, talented leadership team. But how can you ensure that your team leaders …
All Business
Daily Habits of Great Leaders
Have you ever noticed that many great leaders—in politics, in business, and even in your social circles—tend to emanate many of the same qualities? It’s not that they all have the same personality or the same style of leadership …
All Business
Positive Ways To Stand Out As A Leader Among More Experienced Peers
While leaders aren’t self-selected, inherent charisma and decisiveness often help professionals land in roles where they …
Forbes
10 ways business leaders can support their employees’ mental health
COVID-19 has caused businesses of all shapes and sizes to pivot in terms of strategy, communication, and even location. Supplying …
Business Insider
The secret to happiness – Proper work-life balance
‘Give me 5 minutes, I have to get groceries before it gets dark. Logging off for lunch, as you must help your spouse in preparing meals. Where are my headphones dad? My classes are starting in the next 2 minutes. Can you …
People Matters
12 Productivity Secrets of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs
Let’s face it, there’s no shortage of productivity hacks—you can find them everywhere. But the problem is, so many of them are just …
All Business
5 morale-boosting strategies to try right now
Imagine two soccer teams. The first is a professional team and extremely skilled. They know every technique, they practice endlessly …
Fast Company
Ask Your Mentor These 40 Questions
Not everyone has—or wants—a mentor. But if you do have someone in your life who helps guide your professional and/or personal life, you probably want to make sure that you use your time with them wisely. A lot of energy and …
Lifehacker
Entrepreneurship Should Be a Priority for Covid-19 Recovery
America’s economic recovery from Covid-19 requires a new commitment to entrepreneurship. Not enough jobs will return by simply re-opening …
Inc.
Mistake you can make in a crisis? Letting go of young team members
Arguably no group has felt the brunt of layoffs, lockdown-induced closures, and hiring freezes in the past six months more than …
Fast Company
Restore Your Sense of Control — Despite the Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has wrought unprecedented levels of personal and professional upheaval upon many employees. It may irrevocably transform how we work, communicate, eat, shop, date, and travel. Clearly, these …
Harvard Business Review
3 ways to improve your time management skills
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, found the typical office worker is interrupted every three minutes and five …
Fast Company
Things to Do If Your Products or Services Are No Longer Needed
Major world events create disruption, and COVID-19 is no different. Many industries are experiencing disruptions—in the way they …
All Business
Building a Personal Brand Is More Important Than Ever
A personal brand allows you to build more trust between your business and colleagues and clients alike. It also boosts your reputation and motivates others to want to do business with you. Now more than ever, there is …
Entrepreneur
How to Believe In Yourself Again
In 1997, I started my company, Success Clinic, in my college dorm room with $800 and a book on HTML. In 2007, after spending over $250,000 …
Entrepreneur
Running a Business During COVID-19: Is Your Business in Compliance?
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our way of doing business. Companies across the United States have adopted policies and procedures …
All Business
How to Hire Without Meeting Face-to-Face
For many leaders, the most anticipated part of the recruiting process is the face-to-face interview stage. By then, we’ve studied the candidate’s résumé, we know their work experience, and we’ve likely talked to …Inc.
Recruit and Hire the Best Remote Workers
Recruiting and hiring top-quality workers is one of the most difficult aspects for any type of business, but when you decide to hire …
Entrepreneur
One thing that the pandemic could be changing? Meeting lengths
As more people work from home, one feature of the typical workday appears to be changing shape: the humble meeting. This essential …
Fast Company
How to Hire for an Unknown Future
Personnel is often the single largest cost for businesses, making budgeting and hiring two crucial elements to consider while navigating an uncertain future. The Covid-19 pandemic forced many small business owners to cut …
Inc.
How To Write A Killer Cover Letter: 6 Fresh Strategies For The New Normal
With 28 million Americans receiving some form of unemployment compensation right now, job seekers are facing a difficult economic …
Forbes
The 10 essentials to building a values-driven company
The most successful companies we’ve worked with through the years have one thing in common: A clearly articulated and well-implemented …
Fast Company
How To Attract Candidates To Hard-To-Fill Positions
From time to time in any company, job positions can come available that are hard to fill. This can be quite frustrating: no matter which job boards you post to, the candidates who are applying aren’t quite meeting the mark …
Forbes
Land a New Job With an Ageless Resume
Working as a real estate broker wasn’t giving Cort Howard the steady income he wanted or enough time with his family, so last October …
Kiplinger
Life After Coronavirus: Why We Should Never Go Back to Business as Usual
You keep hearing people talk, during these strange COVID-19 times, about the “new normal” or wanting to get back to “business as usual …
All Business
How HR Leaders Can Adapt to Uncertain Times
Human Resource departments had a difficult job prior to the pandemic. In 2019, more than 50% of HR leaders struggled to ensure that employees had the skills necessary to navigate an increasingly digitized workplace. But …
Harvard Business Review
Maintain Momentum In Your Job Search
For 20 straight weeks, the number of Americans who have lost their jobs and filed for unemployment insurance has topped 1 million …
Forbes
Practical steps to make change stick
The oxymoronic “change-is-the-only-constant” is heard everywhere in corporate corridors, yet change is ever elusive. A Google search …
People Matters
16 Essential Skills to Look for in a New Hire
Within an organization, some skills are far more valuable than others. If your business is looking to hire new employees, then determining if candidates possess these important skills should be the primary focus of your interviews …
All Business
3 Hourly Workforce Trends We’re Seeing in the Wake of COVID-19
From supply chain bottlenecks to inflexible work hours, the post-coronavirus world has exposed a laundry list of weaknesses in …
Entrepreneur
How To Manage Working From Home While Being A Parent
When we rang in 2020, only a small percentage of people worked from home — a mere 3.4% according to FlexJobs. Now, a majority …
Forbes
5 Important Qualities to Look for When Hiring Remote Workers
If you’re a solopreneur looking to scale your business up, there’s one surefire way to get there: hire. And you don’t have to worry about paying rent for an office or bringing people in-house. Remote workers will be more …
All Business
5 Tips for Managing an Underperformer — Remotely
While a majority of employers believe that that their employees will return to their workplaces after Covid-19’s impact diminishes …
Harvard Business Review
5 tips to build a highly collaborative workforce
The world of work is changing fast. The pandemic has only amplified the uncertainty and the ambiguity. It has also disconnected the …
People Matters
4 Ways to Spot a Potentially Toxic Hire Over A Video Interview
As Benjamin Franklin once said, “The rotten apple spoils his companions.” At the office, we call those rotten apples “toxic employees.” They’re characterized not just by their negativity, but also their contagious …
Fast Company
Stop Asking Job Candidates for Their Salary History
In response to nationwide protests, CEOs have committed to fighting discrimination and intolerance and have renewed pledges to …
Harvard Business Review
11 books to help grow your career during a recession — with tips on how to get hired, promoted, and find meaningful work
It can feel daunting to navigate your professional life under the uncertainties of a pandemic-induced recession. The total number …
Business Insider
6 Tips for Finding the Right Employees for Your Company
HR offices face a dubious task with regards to guaranteeing a constant intake of talented individuals into the company and ensuring they recruit people who are fit for the job and the organization’s way of life. Entrepreneurs …
Startup Magazine
Research: How Workers Shift from One Industry to Another
With unemployment claims in the United States now reaching more than 45 million, the pandemic is laying bare the great deficiencies …
Harvard Business Review
Lessons I learned transitioning my company to ‘working from anywhere’
For many business leaders, it took a pandemic to recognize that we live in an unplanned world that needs better support for a more global …
Fast Company
Interview tips for hiring managers
Interviewing is a skill that improves with practice and preparation. But too often, IT managers don’t put in the work necessary to identify great candidates and instead make decisions based on imperfect information …
The Enterprisers Project
If you really want the job, show you have these 6 qualities
Even in a recession, companies are still hiring. And, given the competitive market, it’s important to make sure you stand out when …
Fast Company
What COVID-19 is revealing about your customers and employees
The coronavirus pandemic is not simply a crisis to be endured until it’s over. True, lockdown restrictions are lifting in many parts …
Strategy + Business
How to Design a Better Hiring Process
Shortly after we started hiring for our business, we recognized that most traditional interview processes are flawed, at best. At the time, we had a goal of growing our CRM software company from six to 18 employees …
Harvard Business Review
Four Powerful Steps That Will Boost Your Career During This Pandemic
During these past four months, I’ve heard from many more professionals than usual on LinkedIn and privately—particularly those who have …
Forbe
Coronavirus impact: How various industries are responding?
According to the United Nations labour body ILO, a total of 195 million jobs are threatened by COVID-19. This also means a large income …
People Matters
The Cost of Hiring a New Employee
Cash-strapped businesses often hesitate to start hiring, even when they need workers, due to the actual cost of hiring employees. It’s easy to forget that the cost of taking on a new employee means more than just their salary …
Investopedia
How to Find a (Great) Job During a Downturn
Unemployment rates have spiked around the world owing to the Covid-19 crisis and its economic fallout. In the United States, tens of …
Harvard Business Review
5 mental tricks that will help you take action when you don’t feel motivated
It’s tough to get your body to cooperate when you don’t feel like doing something. Whether you keep putting off that phone call you …
Business Insider
Tips For Employers Looking To Hire Fresh Talent
The best time to capture talent is right after they graduate. Hiring promising grad talent is a good strategy to bring in fresh, innovative ideas, which has worked out for several corporate giants. However, as with all …
Forbes
7 Things to Look for When Hiring Experts
Picture this: your company recently decided to create a new website to generate more leads, but with other projects piling up and hiring …
Entrepreneur
Experience Matters When Choosing Your Early Stage Startup Team
Regardless of project scope or budget, every team member’s knowledge and experience will play a big role in your startup’s successes …
Forbes <
Tips for hiring during COVID-19 pandemic
Owning a private business is a huge responsibility without a doubt, you have to maintain its success and you have to always keep it on the right track, and with these days’ circumstances, it is becoming hard for …
Think Marketing Magazine
What Your Youngest Employees Need Most Right Now
The long-term toll of the coronavirus is unknown, but its effects on our health care system and the economy have already been catastrophic …
Harvard Business Review
Financing Alternatives to the Paycheck Protection Program
As the United States has scrambled to address the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners and their …
All Business
Creating a virtual/physical hybrid workplace
According to Accenture’s 5 priorities to help reopen and reinvent your business report, leaders would now have to focus on creating a safe working environment that gives people confidence to return to work premises and …
People Matters
Change Careers Without Losing Your Mind Or Yourself
Change is terrifying and career change—well, let’s face it—it can make you feel like your head is going to explode. And now that …
Forbes
How COVID-19 teaches us that succeeding and winning are different
One thing that’s important to keep in mind—especially in a crisis situation—is that succeeding and winning are different. Let …
Fast Company
It’s Time to Skip the Formal Interview
Whether as a candidate or as a hiring manager, every professional has experienced an awkwardly formal job interview. There’s always a stiff handshake, followed by a long sequence of basic questions and rehearsed answers …
Inc.
Tips for Making a Great First Impression At Your New Job
Everyone wants to make a great first impression on the first day of a new job. And, in most cases, it’s easier than you might think …
Startup Magazine
Things to help you make good decisions in bad times
The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting every part of our lives—health and well-being, finances and job security, family, and community—in …
Fast Company
How to Prepare For Hiring in the Post-Pandemic World
The talent wars were set to escalate even more in the beginning of 2020; the unemployment rate was holding at near record lows of 3.5 percent and many organizations were looking for the people that would help them grow into …
Inc.
These 9 Interview Questions Will Set Dedicated Remote Workers Apart
Among the storm clouds known as COVID-19, there are a few silver linings. One is that being forced to work from home all of a sudden …
Fast Company
Proven Strategies to Increase Employee Productivity
Every business owner wants their employees to be as productive as possible. For the business, higher productivity means more value per …
All Business
Four Tips On How To Plan Now For Future Employees
Being a successful CEO or business leader in the new decade will require more than having a great product or service. Even a savvy marketing strategy, a strong social media following and a star sales team may not be enough …
Forbes
Tips for remaining professional while remotely interviewing candidates
“I’ve interviewed hundreds of people for jobs in my career and have prided myself on making good hires with in-person conversations …
Rochester Business Journal
8 tips to beat distractions while working from home
It’s who-knows-what day of social distancing and, if you’re like many people, you’re struggling to keep yourself focused. You …
Fast Company
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 …
Harvard Business Review
How to Expand Hiring in a New Business
Most new entrepreneurs are eager to expand as quickly as possible. They see growth as the fuel necessary to succeed, and to achieve …
Entrepreneur
How leaders can shepherd their people and brands though the COVID-19 crisis
A few weeks ago, Tom Herbst, former CMO of the North Face, extended an open invitation on LinkedIn to brainstorm with other leaders …
Fast Company
Working From Home? 9 Tips to Staying Productive and Sane During These Difficult Times
Whether your business is new to remote working due to the numerous stay-at-home policies issued by most U.S. states to fight the coronavirus or accustomed to it, it can be hard to be productive working from home while also …
All Business
Coaching Your Team Through Uncertain Times
As they try to ride out the coronavirus pandemic, people are stressed and scared — nervous about others’ and their own health and …
Harvard Business Review
Values matter: They can make or break a business
As rightly said by the famous author and inventor Edward de Bono, “Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.” Any …
People Matters
Why Smart People Can Have a Hard Time Listening
Being intelligent has a lot of perks, but there are a few instances in which a high intellect can impact your ability to thrive. How? Consider listening. Listening, as it turns out, is a critical skill set that few have mastered …
Inc.
What Good Leadership Looks Like During This Pandemic
The speed and scope of the Coronavirus crisis poses extraordinary challenges for leaders in today’s vital institutions. It is easy …
Harvard Business Review
Fueling your company’s urge to surge
Imagine you are a business leader operating a decade from now. Your organization has become the unassailable leader in its market. How …
strategy+business
Social Distancing Doesn’t Have to Disrupt Mentorship
The current pandemic has many more people teleworking and adapting business to the virtual environment. While continuing to lead direct reports and collaborate with customers remain business imperatives in the new “workplace …
Harvard Business Review
How to Work Effectively From Home
Most modern business operations are still dependent on face-to-face interaction. In light of recent events, business leaders everywhere …
Entrepreneur
Here’s how employers can support working parents in times of COVID-19
As I write today, all the daycare’s which were either run by the employer on site or near site in India are closed. With the country in …
People Matters
4 Behaviors That Help Leaders Manage a Crisis
The roles and responsibilities of business leaders have dramatically changed in the past few weeks. Before COVID-19, CEOs and other executives in high-growth companies were focused on fostering innovation, driving revenue, and …
Harvard Business Review
3 Financial Steps Small-Business Owners Should Take Right Now
The nation’s small businesses are struggling, and there’s no clear picture of when the current crisis will be over and things …
Entrepreneur
How Great Leaders Handle High-Stress Situations
There are a lot of worst-case scenarios that can cause cortisol levels to skyrocket, even for the most seasoned business leaders. For …
Inc
Conducting Productive Virtual Meetings
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic shaking up our world right now, business owners, employees, and stakeholders still need to have meetings, maybe now more than ever. Here are 10 tips on how to conduct effective meetings virtually …
All Business
Why Leaders Need Meditation Now More Than Ever
A global pandemic is in full effect. Risks of infection are on the rise, stock markets are tumbling, the economy is on the verge …
Harvard Business Review
Build trust when your teams are working from home indefinitely
Whenever folks transition to remote work, they often ask me about accountability. How do remote managers know their people are working …
Fast Company
Working From Home in Uncertain Times: Tips to Stay Sane and Productive
With companies sending workers home because of the coronavirus outbreak, some of you may find yourself working from home for the first time. For some of you this may be new and uncharted waters. My very first job was one where …
All Business
Making Mentorship a Team Effort
Over the past decade, we have mentored hundreds of doctors in training, and learned lessons that apply to many settings. Key among …
Harvard Business Review
How to design an effective schedule during stressful times
Under normal circumstances, maintaining a schedule is a helpful tool to create a greater sense of calm and order. I’ve seen this …
Fast Company
Three key HR and hiring trends for 2020
As the technology landscape continues to transform, it is causing business realities to shift and new operating models to emerge. On one hand, deployment of intelligent technologies and widespread automation is expected to displace …
People Matters
Small Business Owners: Don’t Overlook Your HR Strategy
When you’re an entrepreneur, you generally need to understand every function of your company: operations, sales, marketing, finances …
All Business
Are you guilty of these unexpected productivity killers?
Most of us have a general idea of what we should be doing (logging off social media) and what we shouldn’t be doing (scheduling another …
Fast Company
Research: Employers Willing to Overlook a Criminal Record to Hire the Right Person
Employers are willing to consider candidates with criminal histories if they have good references, a solid performance record and a certificate of rehabilitation and are trained in skills the employer is seeking, according to the report. Six states: Arizona, California, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey and New York offer rehabilitation certificates or something similar …
SHRM
Research: To Reduce Gender Bias, Anonymize Job Applications
As the existence of gender, race, and other biases becomes more widely acknowledged, many organizations are “blinding” their talent …
Harvard Business Review
What Every Employer Can Do to Better Support Working Moms
International Women’s Day may be a time to celebrate the achievements of women across the globe and reflect on the progress we’ve …
Inc
How to find out what’s true in a glowing letter of recommendation
Over the decades that I’ve worked in universities, I’ve watched academic letters of reference become increasingly inflated. And letter inflation goes beyond the academy; friends who hire in business say they, too, have witnessed …
Fast Company
Rules for Effective Hiring — and Firing
Joel Peterson, chairman of JetBlue Airways, has spent a career leading teams, building businesses, and managing people at every …
Harvard Business Review
The 1 Thing Great People Managers Do to Retain Talent
“These damn millennials.” Complaining about the youngsters is just silly, and it’s getting old. Millennials are now in their 30s and …
Inc
How to write flawless job descriptions
When you’re recruiting new employees, you have to take care of every detail. They need to know what they’re about to sign up for and what the organization expects them to do. All applicants must understand their position …
People Matters
3 Unexpected Ways To Revive Your Job Search When You Start Losing Momentum
Many people started 2020 with just one goal in mind: new year, new job. But like all worthy and difficult life changes, staying committed …
Forbes
Why Startups Must Tirelessly Communicate Their Value Proposition
Most business owners love what they do. Unfortunately, much of the world doesn’t necessarily care, as reflected in the high failure …
Entrepreneur
What the Future of HR Holds
Talking about the future of HR usually comes loaded with jargon, difficult to comprehend concepts & almost impossible to implement ideas. According to some experts, the future will see technologies, including artificial …
People Matters
The Reason You Might Be Losing Your Best People
Have you ever worked on a team where you felt free to be yourself, speak your mind, and take risks? This dynamic is no accident. It’s …
Inc.
Demonstrate 3 important Soft Skills During an Interview
Having an in-demand hard skill, such as proficiency in a certain technology, may get your foot in the door when you’re searching …
Fast Company
How to Find Salespeople Who Can Represent Your Company
In the world of sales, there’s a lot more to hiring than simply finding people who have prior experience preforming well in a sales environment and generating income. While you should never overlook the value of salespeople …
Startup Magazine
How Family Businesses Can Attract Non-Family Talent
Although family members are often committed to the business, they sometimes lack the skills and fortitude necessary to maintain it …
Harvard Business Review
Change Management: The more things change, the more they stay the same
An epigram by Jean Alphonse, a French novelist, in his journal Les Guepes reads: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose”; which …
People Matters
If You Unexpectedly Lose an Employee
There is a business management phenomenon called “Bus Theory”– namely, the factor by which a project or business would be affected if team members suddenly disappeared from a project. It has even become a macabre joke — someone …
Inc.
Signs It’s Time to Move on to New Adventures
Sometimes in life, it’s time to stop what you’ve been doing and move on to the next thing. Hopefully, it’s because you’ve explored …
Inc
Major Legal Mistakes Made by Startups
When launching a new startup, you can face significant business and legal challenges. We have seen plenty of mistakes made by entrepreneurs …
All Business
A Better Way to Develop and Retain Top Talent
We’re in the middle of a work revolution. Globalization and the rise of artificial intelligence, paired with a new generation of consumers who desire more personal, intuitive brand experiences, are forcing companies …
Harvard Business Review
This is the best method for evaluating someone’s job performance
It might sound obvious, but it’s worth stating: Every time you evaluate something, you’re comparing it to something else. Sometimes …
Fast Company
Inspiring Quotes That Will Help You Power Through
When you’re overworked, without sleep, and unable to find a moment to breathe, exhaustion is no stranger. Sometimes fatigue settles …
Inc
You Probably Aren’t Hiring for One Skill that Matters Most to Future Success
I have written several times before about the challenges that come with hiring great players for your team. But deciding what skills or experience to value in a new employee, especially in this time of rapid change, can be especially …
Inc.
5 Strategies for Creating an Inclusive Workplace
Women of color are entering the workforce in greater numbers than ever before, bringing education, ambition, and diverse ideas …
Harvard Business Review
First-time leaders need to stick to these 4 truths to succeed
You have just been promoted to a leadership role in your company. You have aspired to be a manager and leader throughout your career …
Fast Company
Predictive Assessments Give Companies Insight into Candidates Potential
The popularity of pre-hire assessments is growing among companies that want more predictive accuracy in their hiring processes. The best of these tests go beyond screening past experience or education to measuring a candidate’s aptitude, fit or potential in scientifically validated and reliable ways, adding more rigor to hiring decisions
SHRM
Why Predictive Assessments May Be the Jolt Your Hiring Process Needs
Opinions can be misleading, particularly when hiring sales talent. It happens all the time: Your first impression of a potential hire …
Sales & Marketing Management
Upscale and not just upskill for 2020
Our Head of Communications approached me for a last-minute write-up on key skills that would be in demand in 2020 and beyond. I thought …
People Matters
The cost of hiring the wrong employee
An organization’s legacy is shaped by the people who work in it. The decision to hire people, hence, carries lots of significance for any organization. The hiring decisions ultimately reflect in the company’s performance, both …
People Matters
Employees Need These 3 Things To Feel Motivated At Work
I’ve arrived at work on too many Mondays (and probably Wednesdays or Thursdays, too) to feel something all too common: lack of motivation …
Forbes
The Year Ahead: What Small Biz Owners Should Expect
What lies ahead for small business owners and entrepreneurs? Many people I’ve talked to feel like they are living in a Dickens novel …
All Business
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5 Top Tips for Hiring in a Tight Job Market
There’s no better time than the present to be looking for a new career opportunity. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of job openings nationwide has risen steadily since the end of the Great Recession, reaching …
Entrepreneur
Want to Hire the Best? Look for These 3 Key Words on Every Single Resume
Unemployment is historically low. Still, there’s intense competition for the best jobs. Whether you’re trying to hire top people …
Inc.
6 Customer Service Trends to Watch in 2020
The fundamentals of delivering a good customer service experience in 2020 will be much the same as in 2019: Customers will expect …
E-Commerce Times