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  • Juggling Roles When You're an Employee, Parent, and Teacher All at Once

    Juggling Roles When You're an Employee, Parent, and Teacher All at Once

    4/20/2020

    There is no playbook for this. Even veteran telecommuters are thrown by the new corona virus normal. Here are eight tips for coping when you’re suddenly an employee, parent, and teacher all at once.
  • DC's Tech Industry and COVID: Where Do Mid-Sized Businesses Stand?

    DC's Tech Industry and COVID: Where Do Mid-Sized Businesses Stand?

    4/15/2021

    Information and communications technology (ICT) businesses, along with other types of tech companies routinely come to D.C. to put down roots and pursue the many opportunities that await.
  • COVID Has Actually Made Networking Easier, But Only If You Do It Right

    COVID Has Actually Made Networking Easier, But Only If You Do It Right

    4/13/2021

    Most people get one thing wrong when they are networking. They ask themselves “how can this person help me?” Instead of asking the person, “how can I help you?”
  • Make workplace culture a competitive advantage

    Make workplace culture a competitive advantage

    4/13/2021

    Every organization has a culture. Some are intentional, some accidental. Companies that claim culture is a priority but don’t back it up are just fooling themselves.
  • How Corporate Experience Can Prepare You For Leadership at a Startup

    How Corporate Experience Can Prepare You For Leadership at a Startup

    4/12/2021

    Consider the binary between corporate and startup. Every corporation began as a startup, even if its origin can be traced back several hundred years. learn how both operate within the same overarching business culture.
  • DC's Tech Industry and COVID: Where Do Small Businesses Stand?

    DC's Tech Industry and COVID: Where Do Small Businesses Stand?

    4/8/2021

    Technology makes up a significant portion of the D.C. job market—according to the Census Bureau's classifications, the tech sector comprises 31,000 jobs.
  • 3 Employee Nightmares and How to Banish Them

    3 Employee Nightmares and How to Banish Them

    4/6/2021

    Employees can be unwilling to take direction, or tuned out, or avoidant. But then what’s the problem?
  • What to Expect When Making a Mid-Career Move to a Startup

    What to Expect When Making a Mid-Career Move to a Startup

    4/5/2021

    You are done with corporate. You have spent half your career in a slow-churning grind, one cog in a gigantic machine. And you’re thinking a startup may inspire and reinvigorate your career.
  • Know the difference between a career and a job

    Know the difference between a career and a job

    3/30/2021

    A career is a job with time-based context, having both a sense of history and direction. Good careers have depth, meaning and purpose. “How many of you have a career?”
  • What Should You Expect When Your First "Real" Job Is at a Startup?

    What Should You Expect When Your First "Real" Job Is at a Startup?

    3/29/2021

    You have held down your fair share of menial jobs, but now your days of shelving books or slinging hash are over. You have landed your first “real” job. Better yet, it’s at a startup....now what?
  • Lessons from the top can create a better workplace

    Lessons from the top can create a better workplace

    3/23/2021

    What distinguishes a Top Workplace from an average one? The truth is, there is no single practice, no one-size-fits-all solution for achieving great results.
  • Make employee appreciation a year-round effort

    Make employee appreciation a year-round effort

    3/16/2021

    March 5 was Employee Appreciation Day. How did you celebrate? If you didn’t, don’t worry. Done right, it is baked into an organization’s culture every day, year-round.
  • Why employee engagement matters to your organization

    Why employee engagement matters to your organization

    3/9/2021

    Employee engagement has been shown to increase profitability, work quality and productivity of employees, and it helps retain top talent.
  • Establish good habits around virtual meetings

    Establish good habits around virtual meetings

    3/2/2021

    Remote work will be a norm for the long haul, and with it, organizations need to sharpen how they make the best use of time and technology.
  • The best organizations get things done … together

    The best organizations get things done … together

    2/16/2021

    Top Workplaces do things efficiently and well. Employees at Top Workplaces are 3.5 times more likely to strongly agree that “at this organization, we do things efficiently and well!!
  • What if my grandpa was my boss?

    What if my grandpa was my boss?

    2/9/2021

    Here are three ways generations tend to differ and how you can create understanding and appreciation in your company culture.
  • Help remote employees overcome challenges

    Help remote employees overcome challenges

    2/2/2021

    During this global pandemic, remote work is the new normal for many. And while first intended as a temporary shift, companies now realize the benefits of a remote workforce. Employees do, too.
  • Employees need to bond, even remotely

    Employees need to bond, even remotely

    1/26/2021

    Despite its perks, remote work can be isolating. One of the many challenges of managing a remote team is that the typical day-to-day interactions can’t be replicated virtually.
  • Employees can reveal what holds companies back

    Employees can reveal what holds companies back

    1/19/2021

    The new year is often crowded with lots of priorities. And as a result, attention to the employee experience gets lost in the shuffle. Read on to see how to address it....
  • Field for job candidates just got bigger

    Field for job candidates just got bigger

    1/12/2021

    The coronavirus pandemic has created disruption and innovation in the workplace, which are likely to lead to a wider search for skilled workers across the country.
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