Recently, I read the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Brand Trust produced by Edelman, a leading global communications and advisory firm specializing in brand promotion and protection. The report found that only 57 percent of American consumers “trust most of the brands they buy or use.” Even worse, just 46 percent of global consumers […]
People Skills
Your Company’s Reputation=Your Reputation
People associate companies with their owners now more than ever. In the past, you might not have been able to tell who ran the world’s largest businesses, but now they are even more famous than a lot of celebrities. The likes of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Elon Musk are all well-known figures in their […]
Spotting the Signs of Office Romance
There are many ways to meet a prospective mate or someone you may be attracted to. Opportunities are everywhere. You may be jogging in the park, waiting in line at the market, meet someone at a party or through friends or relatives. However, most people spend large amounts of their time at work. Whether your […]
How Do I Stand Out From the Crowd?
A few summers ago, my daughter and I spent some time in South Africa on a safari. When we first got there, all of the zebras pretty much looked the same, other than their relative size. But as we looked more closely (and our guides patiently pointed it out), we began to recognize that every […]
How to Work With a Partially Remote Team
With companies slowly rolling back into the office as stay at home orders are lifting across the country, we know navigating a partially remote can be challenging. Seer is no stranger to working with team members in and out of the office since we launched the opportunity for team members to join our entirely remote […]
5 Tips for Moving Workers Back Into Your Office
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 […]
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 […]
