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4 charts show how C-suite leaders are preparing for the biggest economic and workplace challenges in 2021
Summary List PlacementCompanies are revamping their 2021 budgets because of the pandemic. The novel coronavirus has forced executives to reimagine how they work, what areas employers should invest in, and where they see themselves in the next year. Google, for example, is already reconfiguring physical offices to fit a
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Is ‘work-from-anywhere’ right for your small business?
Fall is right around the corner, and it marks a return to the office for many companies. However, many are still determining how to proceed—in person, remote, or a hybrid model? The pandemic has proven there are many ways to work, each with their own unique set of benefits. While many employees miss in-person collabora
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Payroll Software is the Key to Small Business Growth
If your business hasn't digitized its payroll yet, you may want to consider taking the leap. Not only does a good payroll software help curb revenue loss, it can also serve as a foundation for your company's growth
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Succession Planning Strategies for the New Year
With a new year on the horizon, it’s natural to start thinking about potential resolutions for 2020. Unfortunately, more than three-quarters of those resolutions won’t make it past February. While there may not be much harm in not reading as much as you intended or failing to prepare to run a marathon, the stakes are m
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The Golden Triplets Of Small Business Success
For most of the 20th century, Americans enjoyed what I call The Golden Age of Customer Service. Sadly, based on recent research, it appears we’re in the Plastic Age. In a national customer satisfaction index, the average customer rating was less than 60%. Going six for 10 is pretty good – if you’re playing baseball. Bu
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The unemployed may never come back. Here's what that means for the economy.
The US economy has had a strange comeback, where overall output is back to its pre-recession level but employment is still low. That means we're selling as much stuff as we were in 2019 but with almost 6 million fewer workers. Workers could stay sidelined and we'll keep making more with less, or they'll come back to a
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Transportation Trends & Best Practices
The global pandemic, ecommerce boom and high demand across most transportation modes right now have all impacted Midwest transportation providers. Here’s how companies are adapting to the shifting environment and planning for the future. A center of logistics and transportation activity, the Midwest is not only a contr
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The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed life and business for almost everyone
The coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed life and business for almost everyone. But for veterinarians, the pandemic caused a phenomenon similar to whiplash. In March 2020, when the country went into lockdown mode, veterinarians saw their patient loads dry up almost immediately, as people canceled appointments a
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When To Bring Your People Back To Work—Four Issues To Decide When And How
With so much conflicting and sometimes vague guidance on when to bring people back to work as part of the Great Reboot of your enterprise, how do you make the decision for your own team? What’s needed is a rigorous way to disentangle issues and address each one in an orderly way. Through analysis with the IT consulting
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2020 Technology Trends for Small Business Owners to Anticipate
At last check, America was hosting more than 30 million small businesses. The ones that plan for the latest technology trends will hold a distinct advantage over their competitors. Here are six tech-related trends that business owners should anticipate. Perhaps one or more will have a direct impact on your business. 1.