Tips for Crafting a Game Plan to Return to the Office Keep these few things in mind as a leader helping your team transition back to the office. Just when you’ve finally adapted your team to working remotely, you’re now facing a whole new challenge: bringing them back to the office. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as […]
How the Team-Building Business Has Reinvented Itself in the Pandemic Businesses nationwide are struggling to stay cohesive and stress-free while working from home. These leaders are looking for solutions. Kelly Leonard knows a lot of team-building games from his job at the famed Chicago-based improv troupe, the Second City. But his new favorite starts with everyone on Zoom writing down […]
This Billion-Dollar Brand’s Covid Strategy: Act Like a Startup Again Austin-based jewelry and home decor seller Kendra Scott reminds herself that there are lessons in every challenge and that the customer is always the boss. Kendra Scott had 2020 planned out for her eponymous jewelry and home decor company when all of her plans–along with those of […]
Small Business Week Has Been Postponed. That’s Why Celebrating Now Is More Important Than Ever The pandemic has reinforced the unique value and vulnerability of small businesses. We don’t need an official event to call out their hopeful stories. Caution plus creativity. For small businesses during the pandemic, that’s a pretty good survival formula. Andrew Dana […]
Is This the End for Open Offices? Let’s Remember Who Invented Them It was more than 25 years ago, and they were calling it the office of the future. Let’s take a moment to say farewell to the open-office plan, and remember who brought them to us in the first place. If there is one possible […]
