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  1. How to Effectively Manage Teams in the Post-COVID Era
    The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we do business and live our lives in many important ways. No matter the industry or niche you’re in, you surely had to find ways to accommodate new trends in managing operations, such as remote work, closing your physical stores to everything except low-contact strategies, and the
  2. Why Do All Small Businesses Need a Website?
    With over 40,000 searches on Google every second, which converts to 3.5 billion searches every day, your small business absolutely must have a website presence. Regardless of the industry sector that you operate within, your customers are more than likely searching for services like yours on the Internet. This sentimen
  3. Are You—and Your Business—Ready For Inflation?
    If the past two years have taught us anything, it’s that businesses must be quick to adapt to new and fast-changing market conditions.
  4. Flexible work programs can help retain working women if designed thoughtfully
    We are facing a gender equality crisis. The numbers have made for a steady string of headlines recently: We hit a 33-year low in women’s labor participation in January, and nearly 3 million women have dropped out of the workforce compared to a year ago. Since February 2020, women have lost a net of 5.4 million jobs, ac
  5. How to save more when inflation makes your money count less
    When it comes to spending power, inflation means that things cost more and that your money becomes less valuable. When a period of high inflation hits
  6. Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s
  7. Small Business Owners Ask: Am I Paying My Employees The Right Salary?
    By Rieva Lesonsky Survey after survey of small business owners indicates that attracting and keeping employees is one of the biggest challenges today. And with the unemployment rate still low, that problem is not likely to go away soon. A few months ago we noted that, according to a survey from Kelton Global, commissio
  8. News: Federal Reserve Governor Outlines 2025 Economy, Threats to Financial Stability
    Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in January spoke at the Seventh Conference on Law and Macroeconomics at the University of Michigan Law School in
  9. 3 Asset Allocation Rules You Should Know by Heart
    The assets you accumulate in your lifetime can be used to benefit you in the near term as well as retirement, and knowing how to manage those assets will increase the likelihood of them serving you well. With that in mind, here are a few rules to stick to if your goal is to grow wealth successfully. 1. Don't invest mon
  10. 3 reasons the labor shortage could be a 'structural change' in the economy, according to S&P
    The record number of people leaving the workforce signals structural changes in the economy, Standard & Poor's reported last month.  The