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As we shift how and how often we interact with our bosses and colleagues; we face a new challenge: How to remain visible and stand out at work as remote work becomes more the norm.

It’s impossible to predict the extent to which your business will be impacted by the coronavirus. But you’ll want to act quickly and decisively on the issues you face today and prepare for the potential of greater disruption headed your way. This article sets out a checklist of key questions you need to ask to prepare.

In order to fix a broken corporate culture, leaders must examine their own behaviors and weed out toxic and unproductive behaviors that may be leading to dysfunction. Here’s what to look for.

Each month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which describes itself as “the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economic and statistics,” releases their “Employment Situation Summary,” or what many of us in the industry refer to as the “Jobs Report.” It’s a detailed report which analyzes job growth or losses and other labor force statistics across many industries.And each month, largely to spare you from having to sift through the lengthy report to glean everything you need, we provide you with a high-level overview consisting of leading and lagging professional industries, geographic highlights, and more. We also provide you with some timely and relevant economic and workforce management news not included in the Jobs Report.

As hard as it is to imagine, business news outlets are rushing to at least ask the question about whether Musk – the billionaire who bought Twitter this fall, laid off half of its employees and pressed remaining staff to go “hardcore” or just go – had somehow become a role model for the modern CEO.

Recognizing the value of career progression conversations is one thing; making it a pillar of your talent management strategy is certainly another. It can be done with a patient strategy to equip frontline managers with the tools and mindsets to start the conversation, and a focused process to translate the outcomes of those conversations into talent management.

If a recession does occur in second half of 2022, most market watchers and economists believe it will be fundamentally different than any that have come before. What it means is that all the traditional strategies that business organizations have used in the past to weather recessionary storms will be of little value.

With the lowest unemployment rates and most pronounced skills gaps in the global labor market, the tech industry has been diligently searching for a more perfect solution to finding talent.

After listening to a senior leader leading a virtual team, I started to realize that not only was his team not benefitting from remote work, but the whole experience of virtual collaboration may be amplifying the problems that existed when teams were being formed or transformed.

Why an investment in Executive Transition Support is just as important as your Executive Search strategy

Think beyond the obvious when building a network. “Everybody you know is your network. Everyone—from former colleagues, to suppliers, relatives and friends, to your dentist and people in community or leisure activities. Ask yourself, ‘who do I know?’ That’s your network.”