With post-COVID recovery comes a new challenge facing some employers: how to get valued people back at their desks? The problem is not straightforward but multi-layered. While some unemployed appear to be timing enhanced benefit check extensions, many have no childcare. Others, working remotely, seem to suffer from pandemic-related Stockholm Syndrome and feel safer at home. Meanwhile, employers struggle to get bodies in their chairs, not …
Re-working Today’s Must-Have Employee Benefits
It’s time to get everyone back to work. But for employees who are among the nearly 34,000,000 who had COVID, returning might look like this: Complete recovery and happy to head back to the office, or worry and performance anxiety because after several weeks of debilitating illness, they are among the 10-30% who will suffer persistent symptoms such as fatigue, chest pain, shortness of …
September is Disaster Preparedness Month. How Will Your Business Fare if Disaster Strikes?
FEMA, the Red Cross, and state agencies across the country have not had a moment’s rest this summer. From forest fires raging up against city boundaries out West to Hurricane Ida’s destructive winds and damaging rains in the East, these groups have worked hard to help individuals and communities survive. But for businesses who made the mistake of not being prepared, …
Building a Career is a Stepping Stone, Not a Bungee Jump
Imagine arriving in New York as a young man from small-town U.S.A. with dreams of becoming the next Wall Street superstar. What happened next was not an instant leap to success but a slow slog toward achieving a vision. In this age of “instant” everything – instant data, instant entertainment, instant friends – we learn to expect “instant success.” But …
Four Signs That Your Health Could Be Impacting Your Job
The pandemic’s good news is we have learned a lot about how to keep ourselves healthy. The bad news is we are not doing a very good job at it! Over the past year, dodging the virus was the only priority for most of us. As a result, many of us became too stressed, tired, and overwhelmed to eat healthily or exercise …
