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Zoom’s Return-To-Office Could Doom The Company
Exceptional leaders often excel as skilled storytellers, and for good reason. Once a company hits a certain level of organizational complexity, one of the most important tasks the CEO has is to craft intellectually coherent and captivating narratives about the firm, its purpose, and its performance. Failure in this task means undermining the very existence of the company; a sin…
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How to Start a 6-Figure Etsy Side Hustle for Passive Income
More than half (54%) of Americans have picked up a side hustle over the past year to help make ends meet. And although people eager to earn extra cash have near-limitless options nowadays — from dog walking to driving for Uber, tutoring and beyond — some of the best gigs…
How to Utilize the Gig Economy for Business Efficiency
Today, many corporations are turning to the gig economy — a labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work and less dependency on traditional full-time jobs.While an immediate advantage of employing gig workers is cost efficiency, I think there is an often overlooked benefit — tapping…
How Employers Can Protect Their Employees From Medical Debt
It's likely that your employees — at least some of them, and possibly quite a few — are struggling with medical debt. Medical debt has long been the leading cause of bankruptcy, and new data shows that 43% of Americans with commercial insurance through their employer have experienced medical debt,…
Gen Z Side Hustle Earns Up to $4,000 a Month: ‘Go For It’
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Maxine Williams. She is the founder of We Met IRL, a relationship-building organization that hosts speed dating events, mixers and social gatherings for 25-35-year-olds in New York City, Washington D.C. and additional cities. Image Credit: Courtesy of We Met IRL. Maxine Williams. What was…
How to Improve Productivity With Project Management
If you audit your personal time in terms of what you said you'd accomplish versus what you actually did, the results would probably surprise you. For some people, the breakdown might look something like this: I only completed 30% of what was needed, and 70% got pushed to the next…
Are You Giving Gen Z What They Want From Their Employers?
More than 2.4 million college graduates are poised to enter the workforce this year, but many report feeling woefully unprepared. Here's what employers can do about it.According to a recent survey of more than 2,000 U.S. workers conducted by my company, nearly two-thirds of Gen Z workers under age 24…
How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Tech Overload in Customer Relations
It is a common, though not consistently recognized, issue. While poorly functioning technology often frustrates users, too much tech can be as detrimental. It can be tempting to think consumers may want a lot of high-tech to speed interactions with your business; tech overload can be a customer relationship killer.…
Biggest Mistakes Companies Have Made This Year
In 2023, a Budweiser ad campaign faced severe backlash because it featured a transgender influencer — tanking the company's sales by 10.5%. Meanwhile, Adidas' high-profile partnership with Yeezy designer Ye – formally known as Kanye West — didn't go as planned after he made a string of anti-Semitic remarks —…
7 Ways You Might Be Damaging Your Credibility as an Entrepreneur
For business owners, few aspects matter more than credibility. Entrepreneurs who don't take time to maximize their credibility will struggle to win favorable terms with suppliers, attract investors, retain existing clients and land new business. Through personal experience, and the annual B2B BuyerSCAN survey conducted by my company, I have…
You Don’t Have to Give Up Your Career Ambitions For Your Personal Life. Here’s How to Balance Them.
In a recent Reddit post, a woman solicited advice: She and her partner, a tech CEO, were expecting their first child. She had proposed to her partner to take four weeks of parental leave. He said it was impossible. The comments were unsurprising. Hire as much help as possible! Outsource…
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