One of the most controversial and debated issues in any business is rewards and recognition. Who gets rewarded? How much? Is it enough? Too much? Are we rewarding the right behaviors? The questions go on and on. Rather than focus ...
Read More »5 tips for dealing with the media as an expert source
TV and print reporters interview experts on all kinds of topics, from how to design a home office to the best ways to save for retirement. As an expert in your field, you may be called to participate in a ...
Read More »B2B payments: Transitioning from high touch to high tech
Over the past few months, our workplaces have changed tremendously. Offices that were once full of people are now nearly empty. Work that was once done in person is now being done at home. With so many now working remotely, ...
Read More »Pandemic brings legal challenges to the workplace
MINNEAPOLIS — Even a year into a worldwide pandemic, COVID-19 still has attorneys scrambling on a number of fronts — not the least of which is employment law. Employment attorneys have been fielding calls on the subject since it became a ...
Read More »Poll: For many employees, remote work boosts productivity
BALTIMORE — Employers need not be worried about the pandemic quashing workers’ productivity; more than half of workers report that their productivity has increased since they started working from home, while less than 10% report decreased productivity, according to a ...
Read More »How to combat ‘Zoom fatigue’ in the workplace
“Our senior leaders want us to have our teams do a six-hour online training program. I know that it’s necessary to cover this material – and doing it all at one time is the way it’s always been done — ...
Read More »How employers can support parents working at home
In the absence of daycares and in-person schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic, working parents have scrambled together a childcare strategy, which likely includes plenty of screen time, stress and guilt. Working from home has been a difficult adjustment for all; ...
Read More »Work from home “burnout”: What it is, how to manage it
Remote workers are allotted more flexibility to take breaks when they please because, for the most part, they are setting their own schedules – or at least have less rigid structures than they did while being in the office from 9 ...
Read More »Anticipating COVID vaccine, employers ponder best course
PROVIDENCE, RI — With several U.S. pharmaceutical companies now conducting large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trials, employment lawyers are beginning to field queries from their corporate clients on whether their employees should be required to take the vaccine once it becomes available. ...
Read More »When doing the right thing is the wrong approach
NEW ORLEANS, LA — One of my favorite aspects of my career in the insurance industry is the ability to deliver a positive outcome to someone in the midst of a personally challenging situation. Whether it’s giving someone the means ...
Read More »Let’s change the game in which ‘everybody knows that the dice are loaded’
In February 1988, Leonard Cohen released an album entitled “I’m Your Man.” As I read a piece published today in the Washington Post regarding millions of dollars that recently went to executives ahead of Chapter 11 filings, the first stanza ...
Read More »David and Goliath: Why small business must reject fear to survive
I remember reading about David and Goliath as a child and wondering if such bravery was real. At the time, my world was vast and unexplored… the notion that the impossible could be made possible was motivating and energizing.As a ...
Read More »Silence is golden: Business owners’ statements could harm livelihoods
Everyone has an opinion. But that doesn’t mean you have to let everyone know what it is, especially when it could lead to hurting your livelihood. In the midst of one of the most divisive political and social climates ever, ...
Read More »Pandemic throttles events industry: Businesses make changes, add new initiatives to survive
Across America, event planners, event venues and hotel and conventions spaces are reeling because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a “new normal” is set, the industry has shifted to meet the need while staying safe. In North America ...
Read More »When indecision rules: Few want to be the first ones at the M&A party that’s to come
Months ago, I can recall optimists speculating that COVID-19 and its vast economic damage would be winding down by Memorial Day. They just failed to specify which Memorial Day. Meanwhile, in the M&A environment, we’ve seen the majority of qualified ...
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