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Pivoting For Remote Work Success
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Pivoting For Remote Work Success

Remote work has been a hot topic since the beginning of the pandemic. Many businesses transitioned to remote work to comply with social distancing measures. However, as the world continues to recover, remote work remains a trend as organizations contemplate how to continue to address this transformative movement. In this blog, we discuss the shifts that need to take place to ensure remote work success, including how to mentor and sponsor in a remote environment, build connections, and increase p

By Donnica Hawes-Saunders
Stand and Deliver: Elevate the Voices of Other Women with Laura Cox Kaplan
Culture

Stand and Deliver: Elevate the Voices of Other Women with Laura Cox Kaplan

Laura Cox Kaplan runs a small media company focused on helping women build and sustain influence in their lives and careers. Influence isn’t a topic we often focus on as it relates to career and personal development and yet it’s essential, especially as we contemplate or plan for future career evolution and pivots—both those we know about and plan for and those that tend to surprise us or that take us off guard.

By Lisa Gable
How to Approach Difficult Conversations in the Office When There's No HR
Career

How to Approach Difficult Conversations in the Office When There's No HR

Not only is that wildly inappropriate to discuss loudly in full view of staff, but to do so with a young woman new to the environment is indefensible. Had that been me on the receiving end of this manager’s diatribe, I would be having a lot of second thoughts about working in an office where worker safety is so dismissed. The way you describe it, he was essentially advertising that this workplace was unconcerned about hiring sexual predators to the point that they don’t even check—and under the

By Liz Elting
Amplifying Your Voice in a Male-Dominated Industry
Culture

Amplifying Your Voice in a Male-Dominated Industry

My career has always been deeply rooted in community. I'm the Cofounder and CEO of Makelab, a Brooklyn-based 3D printing company. I also sit on the board of Women in 3D Printing, an organization on a mission to close the gender gap in additive manufacturing. In the simplest of terms: the 3D printing industry is not diverse. Currently, women make up 10% or less of the industry. A significant part of the reason I've been able to establish a successful company is that I've developed and magnified m

By Christina Perla
Communicating with Employees Will Be Key for Successful Remote Work Post-COVID
Career

Communicating with Employees Will Be Key for Successful Remote Work Post-COVID

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies were resistant to implementing remote work for a variety of reasons such as concerns about technology and infrastructure, a lack of trust that employees would get their jobs done, the longstanding (and understandable) bias in favor of face-to-face interactions, or some combination of these factors. However, not only has the COVID-19 pandemic forced many companies to switch to remote work despite their reservations, it's clear at this point that it's g

By Dr. Rebecca Weintraub