After state-wide shut downs and work-from-home orders, many businesses are planning on bringing their workforce back into the office. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of uncertainty about how to address this. How will workers readjust to the office environment after being at home for so long? How will we ensure employee safety? In this article, we’ll […]
People Skills
3 Essential Networking Tips During COVID
There are very few regular activities that continued as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and social activities were even more scarce. In the business world, a somewhat-required social activity is networking, especially for small businesses and individuals looking for new employment. Luckily, just as many jobs have went digital amidst the stay-at-home orders […]
Small Business Agility: What Corporations Can Learn from SMEs
SMEs stand for small and medium sized enterprises and are said to make up over 99% of the business sector, according to Simply Business. A company employing 250 people or less, SMEs are categorized as small, medium sized or micro businesses depending on the actual number of staff employed and amount of business turnover created. […]
4 Excellent Ways to Effectively Manage Remote Teams
Nowadays, we are often part of teams that are based all over the U.S., Europe and beyond. Just because you all work for the same company does not always mean that you end up working within the same office. As a result, it is important that those in charge are able to effectively manage those […]
Leaders: Why Going Easy on Everyone Benefits No One
During a meeting with a group of executives, one CEO shared her frustration about an employee who repeatedly failed to get his work done on time. We did some role playing, where the CEO said she would ask the employee what she could do to help him complete a specific task. This, of course, was […]
Why a Peer Leadership Group Might be Right for You…Right Now
The expression used to be that it is “lonely at the top” but today with the global pandemic, it’s not only about being lonely but feeling alone as well. While you are keeping up with the day to day tasks of running your business, you are probably trying to think about how your business strategy […]
Why Employee Experience Needs More C-Suite Attention
Business leaders recognize the importance of customer experience and how it affects the success of their company, but what about employee experience? Over 80 percent of executives agree that employee experience is important, but only 22 percent of them believe their organizations offer excellent employee experience. In fact, 59 percent of business leaders report that […]
Best Practices for In-Person Business During a Pandemic
While many start the reboarding process, prepare to go back to work, or simply increase their interactions with others out of business necessity, it’s still important to remember that following safety protocol for COVID-19 is the best way to go. However, interaction might be inevitable, depending on your line of work. Here are 3 best […]
How to Fix an Under-performing Sales Team
“Our leads are not convinced that our product works” “People are working from home. That’s why I have not been able to close leads” “Till we have the new version of the product ready, our close rates are going to be low” These are excuses that sales teams give every single day. Know what? Those […]
6 Must-Have Skills for Effective Employee Management
Empowering your employees to perform at their best is a key aspect of your role as a manager. It ensures that the company, with the collective effort of its employees, achieves its short-term and long-term goals. However, employee management is not as straightforward as it sounds. To be an effective leader, you’ll need to develop the […]
