As the pandemic continues to change the workplace, your organization’s performance increasingly depends on your employee experience. Building and maintaining a powerful employee experience that fosters collaboration, creativity, productivity, and engagement is crucial to driving your growth. It can help you ensure your employees meet their potential without unexpected hiccups and stay committed to your…
Edwin Remsberg/Getty Images The Covid-19 crisis has distanced people from the workplace, and employers have generally, if sometimes reluctantly, accepted that people can work effectively from home. As if to compensate for this distancing and keep the workplace alive in a virtual sense, employers have also encouraged people to stick closely to the conventional workday.…
Emma Innocenti/Getty Images As an executive coach for a number of female leadership development programs, I work with purpose-driven women in every industry to identify their strengths and growth areas. While I’ve helped women of all ages, I’ve found that for many women in their 50s, the combination of newly empty nests, extensive professional experience, and…
The idea of “remote work,” with all its benefits, is not new. The transition to more flexible working arrangements has been gaining momentum for several decades, yet the healthcare sector has been slow to embrace this growing trend. Covid-19 has changed that. Siemens Healthineers has analyzed this issue and argues that healthcare providers can and…
September 08, 2020 Willy Shih, professor at Harvard Business School, says that the complex, global, and just-in-time manufacturing processes we’ve developed in recent decades are highly susceptible to breakdowns, especially during a global pandemic. He explains why the shortages we’ve seen in 2020 – in goods from toilet paper to appliances – are indicative of…
Martin Takigawa/Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic has thrust into the limelight the far-reaching impacts that business has on vulnerable people in workforces and communities across the world. It has raised the imperative of tackling inequalities onto a political par with climate change, recognizing also the many inter-relationships between the two. But what will this mean…
Microsoft officially unveiled the $299 Xbox Series S earlier today.The console’s specifications and target performance have now leaked courtesy of a trailer.Bundling in Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold for $25 a month via Xbox All Access, the sheer value of the console cannot be understated.Hot on the heels of Microsoft confirming the Xbox Series…
Paul Linse/Getty Images While the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, another, slower-moving health crisis remains. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) — chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and chronic respiratory conditions — were responsible for 71% of all global deaths in the years before Covid-19 and will remain problematic long after the pandemic ends.…
Wall Street is showing “unbridled optimism” towards electric cars, a Cox Automotive analyst says.The market data shows Tesla stock has a higher sell-rating than the average Dow Jones stock.The valuation gap between Tesla and its competitors might fuel demand for newly-emerging companies, but the former’s bull case is based on fundamental figures.Wall Street is heavily…
John Lund/Getty Images If you’re a working parent interested in making a career move, it might not only be about finding a great professional opportunity. You may also want a more family-friendly employer. If that’s the case, it’s helpful to get a more complete picture of work life at the potential employer before you come…