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July 16, 2020 For years, Bronson Van Wyck’s events, catering to world leaders and celebrities, have been the stuff of legend. But how can a business that brings people together for large gatherings survive during the age of social distancing? Van Wyck returns to the show to discuss how he pivoted his events business to…

Gary Yeowell/Getty Images By altering attitudes toward working from home (WFH), COVID-19 may have forever changed the way we work. According to a new MIT study, half of those who were employed before the pandemic are now working remotely. As company executives see for themselves that excellent work can be achieved, and productivity heightened, even…

Clementa Moreno/Getty Images In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. The Covid-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented demands on health care providers, among them the need to monitor patients remotely.…

HBR Staff/Getty Images In this time of intense pain, anger, and collective attention, many people — African Americans especially — are seizing the moment to speak truth to power at work. They are holding senior leaders accountable for their commitments to increased diversity; confronting colleagues or clients who make insensitive or ignorant comments; and calling…

July 09, 2020 When Kate Ryder started to raise funding for a pioneering healthcare app for women, the (mostly male) VCs didn’t believe her idea was “big” enough. But Ryder understood that harnessing the disruptive power of technology to cultivate one of the most under-served healthcare markets was an unprecedented business opportunity that could also…

July 09, 2020 As an engineer, do you feel you carry a bigger burden at work? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Richard Sheridan, an engineer, CEO, and the author of Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love.…

No matter how much we’ve tried to hide the “other side” of ourselves from our colleagues, Covid-19 has essentially given working parents no shelter and demonstrated that we are more nuanced than just our “parent” and “employee” identities. We are CEOs, mentors, spouses, parents, and children, too. To bring all of your identities to work…

To understand how leaders can communicate effectively during a crisis like the current one, the authors sent a 12-question assessment to employees in 10 for-profit, not-for-profit, and government organizations. Based on the 830 responses they received, they found five practices drive employee satisfaction with the organization’s overall interactions with them during the Covid-19 crisis. They…

David Aaron Troy/Getty Images We’ve made our coronavirus coverage free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. U.S. homeowners are struggling to stay on top of their mortgages — and the problem is likely to get worse. According to real-estate data firm Black…

Mimi Haddon/Getty Images In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. With unemployment claims in the United States now reaching more than 45 million, the pandemic is laying bare the…