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The coronavirus pandemic has placed heavy burdens on business leaders. The sheer size of the outbreak and its unpredictability generate fear among employees and make it challenging for executives to respond effectively. But during a crisis like COVID-19, people look to their leaders for direction and compassion; they need to have confidence in their ability to…

As meeting in close quarters in now viewed as too risky, many employers are canceling all face-to-face interviews.  Large global employers, such as Google, LinkedIn, Amazon and Facebook, for example, have completely eliminated in-person job interviews for the foreseeable future to protect both employers and candidates. Upcoming college graduates are also greatly impacted, as demonstrated by accounting…

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the lines between work and non-work are blurring. Because the shift to WFH came about so suddenly, employees were forced into this situation without adequate preparation – or any choice in the matter. Most were not equipped to maintain healthy boundaries between their professional and personal lives. Faced with…

“In the middle of every difficulty, lies opportunity.”  Albert Einstein My son likes Albert Einstein so this week our “Motivation Monday” social media post featured another Albert Einstein quote.  I agreed to go with it because I know that from my experience at SK Hand Tool Corporation, every day in manufacturing brought new difficulties and…

The past months of pandemic-induced disruption to decades-long work processes have allowed large segments of the white-collar workforce to learn valuable new skills from the WFH experience. The University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism’s Center for Third Space Thinking suggests that remote employees were thrust into a crisis management experiment, that when successfully…

“Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing.  The more you put in, the more you can take out.  Exercise is king and nutrition is queen.  Together you have a kingdom.”  Jack LaLanne, aka the “Godfather of Fitness” Even though I’m an avid runner and marathoner, this week’s motivational quote is not destined…

If you are among the millions of people who have lost their jobs during the pandemic, you may also be in doubt about whether your company – or even your industry – will rebound. It may be time for you to consider whether you should switch your job search to a new, more promising sector….

Only 3.6 percent of US white-collar employees worked from home half-time or more in 2018 according to Global Workplace Analytics estimates. New data is not yet available, but virtually everyone reading this article has anecdotal evidence, earned through hours of peering into a home-monitor-delivered Zoom meeting with a dozen or so colleagues all squinting back in…

“Losers quit when they fail.  Winners fail until they succeed.” This week’s motivational quote made me think about the winners I speak to every day and every week.  They are all “winners” as they are all engineers with a diverse range of backgrounds and work experience.  How could they not be winners?  The best engineers…

“To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst.” I like this motivational quote as it made me think of the talented engineers that I speak to regularly.  The best engineers will often tell me that they love solving problems and the day to day challenges they regularly confront in a fast…