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3 Ways to Boost Your Team’s Work-From-Home Performance
Across the globe, companies have swiftly adopted remote work. While many had already been considering the switch (by implementing schedule flexibility or experimenting with work-from-home days), the current push toward remote work is unprecedented. Different apps and software tools quickly took charge of the opportunity. During just one week in March 2020, business conferencing apps...
The Benefits of Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace
Creativity is essential for any organization if you want to keep your business moving forward. There are numerous organizations that have designed a cool, funky, creative environment for their employees to help them relax and spark creative thinking to get their projects moving forward. Some organizations go as far as having regular brainstorming sessions when working...
How to Create a Culture of Integrity with a Remote Team
Today, nearly 50 percent of the American workforce does their job from outside the office. It’s a trend that’s mostly positive: those who work remotely report higher job satisfaction, less stress and better work-life balance. According to numerous studies, they’re also more productive. However, there’s one element of business that remote work makes more difficult,...
3 Critical Elements to Successfully Lead a Remote Team
The significant momentum of cloud computing over the past decade has transformed the modern workplace from a static environment contained within four walls to a dynamic entity, bringing employees together across cities, time zones and even cultures. And amid the current coronavirus crisis, the shift to remote work has increased drastically, as millions find themselves...
8 Tips for the Work From Home Solopreneur
You’ve plunged into starting a solo business venture from home. Being a solopreneur is a fantastic experience for motivated individuals, but it can easily become stagnant if you aren’t careful. When everything starts piling up, you can lose sight of what drew you to your passion project in the first place, and your tools of...
How to Monitor Your Remote Employees and Successfully Stay Compliant in 2021
One of the challenges employers are facing as employees continue to work remotely or begin to transition back to the office is the shift in managing employee progress and efficiencies. While working remotely is here to stay, the question now is, "How can employers monitor the behavior of their remote employees?" Schedule a Consultation with...
How to Seamlessly Shift from Working Remotely to a Hybrid Workplace
As we transition back to pre-pandemic life, many companies will be deciding whether to return to a physical office full-time or adopt a more hybrid approach, splitting time between in-office and working remotely. And why not? There are many benefits to adopting a hybrid workplace model for both employer and employee. Schedule a Consultation with...
The Best Coworking Spaces in Detroit for Your Hybrid Work Model
Many companies are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid work model, meaning some employees will return to the office at least part-time, but others will collaborate remotely. Navigating what this working plan actually looks like can be tricky. When — and where — can your team get together? Coworking spaces support hybrid work...
A Modern Digital Workplace Strategy: Why Working and Learning from Anywhere Matters
With work now being a thing people do instead of a place where they go, your ability to deliver a best-in-class digital workplace experience is critical to your future success. Today’s visionary CIOs recognize the incredible value in a do-anything-from-anywhere culture; it’s only with a truly digital workforce that organizations can push relentlessly through challenges...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Hybrid Working Models Will Rule the Way We Work Well Into the Future (Episode 262)
On today's Business Beat, Jeff discusses what companies need to do to keep employees satisfied and loyal: implement hybrid working models. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about why hybrid working models will soon be dominating the business landscape: "So, if you want to keep and attract the best personnel available,...
12 Tips to Prevent Employee Burnout in the Post-COVID-19 Workplace
As entrepreneurs, we must make sure to take care of our most important assets: our employees. In addition to meeting the demands of your business, your employees are parents, spouses, volunteers, family members … the list goes on. The stresses of work and life are an ever-present concern, and effective leaders and business owners must...
4 Ways to Get Your Team Prepared to Return to the Office
It’s crazy to think that it’s been over a year since businesses were scrambling to get employees out of the office and were transitioning to working from home. Now that more and more people are getting vaccinated, conversations are picking up about when and how to return to the office. Google just announced its plan...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Working from Home is Highly Desired by Employees (Episode 227)
On today's Business Beat, Jeff discusses the uptick in workers' desires of working from home permanently after the COVID-19 pandemic moved the world to remote work. According to an in-depth look at remote work after the COVID-19 pandemic from the University of Chicago's Becker Friedman Institute for Economics, around 21% of total work hours post-pandemic...
4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Boost Their Mental Health
Starting and building a business is outrageously difficult. It demands long hours, deep research and analysis, and more blood, sweat and tears than a body should ever be capable of. One moment, you’re riding high on your latest successful breakthrough. The next, you’re plunged into the psychic underworld of failure. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: RingCentral Study on the State of Hybrid Work (Episode 195)
On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares results of Ring Central's 2021 State of Hybrid Work report, which predicts that the future of work is likely to be a combination of remote and in-office work. Tune in to the Business Beat to learn more about the future of hybrid work: "While the pandemic has...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Forbes List of the World’s Best Employers to Work For (Episode 192)
On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares Forbes' list of "The Worlds Best Employers," which compiled survey data from more than 160,000 full-time and part-time workers from 58 countries. Which three companies topped the list? Tune in to the WJR Business Beat, below, to find out! Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday...
Top Ann Arbor Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021
Ann Arbor is perfectly positioned to be one of the best cities for tech jobs. Not just in the Midwest, but in the country. It’s home to a world-class university, developing cutting edge research as well as top tech talent. It’s an affordable place to live, unlike coastal cities like San Francisco and New York. And...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Study Shows Incentives are Needed for Return to Work (Episode 185)
On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses results from a new Eagle Hill Consulting report, which indicates that 42% of U.S. workers want employers to delay re-opening and implementing a return to work until vaccines widely available to employees. Tune in to the WJR Business Beat, below, to learn more about the study's findings:...
Top Detroit Startups and Tech Companies to Watch in 2021
It's a myth that only the top startups and the best startup jobs are in Silicon Valley or New York City. As a Midwest company built for Midwest startups, we know that’s just not true. In 2020, Glassdoor came out with a list of the top 25 U.S. Cities for jobs. And guess what—most of the cities...
WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: PC Magazine Reveals Best Places to Live for Remote Working (Episode 176)
The pandemic has created a work from home phenomenon that is here to stay. In fact, 22% of Americans say that they desire to continue remote working as standard procedure going forward, even well beyond the COVID-19 crisis. For those who have grown accustomed to working from home and want to continue, there’s a new...