Best Practices
4 Ways to Help Your Business Recover From COVID-19
The coronavirus outbreak has thrown the world into chaos, bringing with it a time of economic uncertainty. Businesses have had no choice but to furlough employees left, right and centre, and there are growing concerns…
Why Now is the Time to Revisit Your Business Strategy
Whatever your business strategy was on January 1, 2020, you can bet that it was out the window by April 1. Our world has been turned upside down and inside out. While your head may…
Preventing Loneliness During Social Distancing
https://www.eduref.net/how-to-practice-social-distancing-without-feeling-isolated/ Several weeks into the semi-quarantine and social distancing, Americans are starting to really feel the isolation. It’s easy to take for granted the social benefit we get from others, the simple “Good morning, how…
Doing What Works in Troubled Times
Everyone is struggling to understand what they should be doing in these very difficult times. We are struggling to understand what works, whether it’s how we lead our people, how we work on a daily…
3 Proven Ways to Get You Through Tough Times
Editor’s Note: This article originally posted Dec. 19, 2017. In light of the difficult economic and social impacts from Covid-19, we felt it was timely to re-post now. We will get through this together. I…
Watch the World Change
Now that we’re a few months into the new year, I hope that you have more than begun to sketch out your plans for 2020 and beyond. As you push into 2020 and map out…
Are You a Consensus Leader or Dictator?
It’s a good bet that you’ve been exposed to articles, courses and lectures about various styles of management. You’ve read how each is appropriate for some companies and for some levels of organization and at…
The Tyranny of the Urgent
I have a somewhat unusual combination of education and job experience. I think I am one of the few college professors who have worked in industry as a service manager in a line management position….
8 Tips for Right-Brain Entrepreneurs to Build Balance
Traditionally, the majority of entrepreneurs have been logical thinkers, problem solvers, with full attention to details. These are the stereotypical left-brain engineers. Yet I see a big shift from the knowledge age, with its left-brain…
Are Companies Using Philanthropy for Altruistic Purposes?
Many companies give cash or in-kind donations to charities. In fact, corporate giving in 2018 increased to $20.05 billion—a 5.4% increase from 2017. (Giving USA 2019) Even small businesses contribute. According to a study by…
