Supporting our community comes in many forms because there are so many options. It is an effective and meaningful way to give back to the society around you. Is your business involved in community service? If so, what ways do you contribute to your surrounding area? If not, what are the challenges preventing you from participating? For businesses and individuals, community service is a kind, charitable way to spend one's time. As a bonus, it can provide your company with free and easy … [Read more...]
Should Your Business Rely on Gut-Instinct?
How many times have you made a business choice based on a gut feeling? Did that turn out well every time? Gut-instinct is not always the best thing to rely upon when making personal and professional choices, including how you run your business. Metrics are a better resource, as that data provides unemotional information which will reliably provide more accuracy than your gut. One way to test this is to ask yourself certain questions about your business operations. For example, who is your … [Read more...]
Post-COVID: What Do Employees Want Most?
Fulfilling employee needs is one of the most important aspects of running a successful company. Have those needs changed, post-COVID? While reports show that they are ultimately pretty content, there have indeed been some changes in this new landscape of remote working. What are some of the most important things employees need while maintaining a satisfying remote work environment? Key employee technology needs include "information accessibility, customization, and connection to colleagues." … [Read more...]
Employee Churn In A Rapidly Changing World
Companies frequently encounter the need for handling employee churn in our rapidly changing world. What are some of the steps to follow to manage employees when they are moving between jobs? What can set your business apart from others to prevent employee churn? First, always have a back up plan. At some point, employees will leave, move up or down, express dissatisfaction in their position, or need to be let go. Ensure that your knowledge of the company encompasses at least part of what … [Read more...]
Why is Clearly Documenting Your Work Processes so Important?
As our work climate continues to move towards a remote landscape, the availability of processes and procedures is becoming ever more important. Employees need a quick and easy way to access and reference how to do certain job functions. In addition, info about product information and who to contact for specific requests, are also necessary to have available. Clear documentation allows workers without face-to-face contact with their leaders to feel and perform more autonomously. This creates a … [Read more...]
How to Create and Maintain Customer Trust
Creating and maintaining trust with your customers can be a slow process as they learn by experience whether you are reliable and dependable. This takes time within the commerce world, just as it does within the personal world. What types of indicators allow you to trust someone, let alone an entire company? When you have signed with a new customer, the next steps involve giving you the keys to their castle, like managing their security and back ups. Doing this is difficult and stressful for all … [Read more...]
Spotlight: The First African American PhD in Computer Science
We are happily celebrating the first African American to receive their PhD in Computer Science. This achievement was a major boon for the industry on many levels, as all voices deserve to be heard and respected. Dr. Clarence “Skip” Ellis was from Chicago, IL, and started working on computers at the age of 15. While most teens were out socializing with friends, Dr. Ellis spent much of his time reading through computer manuals. After receiving a scholarship in 1960 to attend Beloit College, … [Read more...]
4 Positive Ways Remote Working Benefits All Parts Of Our Business Culture
Since the onset of our culture's experience with the current COVID-19 phenomenon, more and more companies have chosen to keep their workers at home. Before the virus and its effects, hit so many in the whole of our workforce, remote working was not nearly as common. Now, there are seemingly endless positive benefits for employers to continue on this path, and to increase their efforts geared towards ramping up the process. Here are four of the most valid reasons, and how they relate to … [Read more...]
5 Essentials for Being a Leader
5 Essentials for Being a Leader The position of leadership requires a lot of work and dedication, and having leaders in main areas of your business is important for building your company. It is also important you act as a leader for your team. Former President John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” Every leader needs to be successful and take his team where it hasn’t yet been. Do you have what it … [Read more...]