During the pandemic, nonessential businesses were ordered to shut down and had to lay off or furlough their employees. Companies couldn’t survive the closures and permanently ceased operations. Millions of workers were left bereft of jobs. Now, millions of Americans face hunger and food insecurity.
'Tis the season to be jolly. There's so much to celebrate in the month of December, and here are some ways employees and managers can keep the pandemic from stealing holiday joy.
Kim Ng was named the next general manager of the Miami Marlins baseball team, making her the first female general manager of a Major League Baseball team and the highest-ranking woman in baseball history. Does that mean the glass ceiling in baseball management has been broken? New research says no.
Now that we are getting closer to the end of the year and of the Covid-19 crisis, the company's vision board should include the lessons learned from 2020 to become more agile in future situations.
Now that working from home has taken its hold, the trend offers CEOs options. No longer do they have to pay for expensive real estate in New York City or San Francisco. They can have people working remotely or relocate jobs to locations that are less costly.
We’ve all struggled on many fronts this year. Our 'new normal' requires us to develop a 'new nimble' approach to just about everything. Here are some concrete suggestions for dealing with the shifting landscape of our professional lives, and ways to build resilience in the face of change.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or RBG for short, has incredible lessons we can learn from the lifetime she spent advancing the rights of the marginalized and building a compassionate, generous, and glass-ceiling-breaking personal brand.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai informed workers that the company plans on implementing a "flexible workweek" once people start returning to its offices. The company will have people work at least three days in the office and the rest remotely.
The sexism directed at Dr. Jill Biden is widespread, and shocking research shows how far it goes. But there's a simple step that every leader can take today to start tackling this discrimination.