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How to Be a Better Leader
There may not be an "I" in team, but there is an "I" in disengaged. What does this have to do with leadership? Well, regardless of what, why and where you lead, you -- as the leader -- are directly responsible for the engagement of those who follow you. Whether you're...
Microsoft Introduces Loop: Empowering Collaborative Remote Work
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Loop, a new collaborative “flexible canvas” app added to Microsoft 365 that allows remote teams to synchronize their work across applications. Built on Microsoft’s Fluid Framework, Loop enables teams to synchronize their work...
21 Success Secrets From America’s Top Business Leaders
Every leader has a cheat sheet for success: the things they've learned overtime that have helped them cultivate strong teams, manage under fire and just generally inspire a thriving organization--even when the odds are stacked against them. Below, some of the most...
Junior Achievement & EY Offer Initiatives to Teach Teens About Entrepreneurship
For the fifth year in a row, Junior Achievement and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) will connect entrepreneurs with high school students across the country during November, National Entrepreneurship Month, to share their experience with teens and to encourage them to...
The American Workplace Isn’t Prepared for This Much Grief
The extent of our collective bereavement in the United States today is staggering. With more than 740,000 Americans dead from COVID-19, the country is grappling with an onslaught of grief. Some 72 percent of Americans say they know someone who has been hospitalized or...
Here’s Why You Should Automate Your Quarterly Tax Payments
Being well organized and having good time-management and self-starter skills can help you better succeed at freelancing. It can also be beneficial for freelancers to have good money-management skills. In most cases, freelance workers don't make a set regular income or...
Gig Workers Should Not Be ‘Credit Invisible’
In recent years, the gig economy has grown to the extent that it now employs an estimated 34% of the U.S. workforce. Our reliance on gig workers was highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic as many aspects of the traditional economy shut down. Consumers continue to...
California: Gig Workers’ Health Studied
By some estimates, California’s alternate or gig work economy makes up to 40% of the state’s workforce. Most of these project- and task-based work situations do not provide workers with job security, health and retirement benefits, or legal protections, yet little is...
