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6 Ways to Solve the Teacher Shortage With Federal Stimulus Money
With a nationwide shortage of tens of thousands of teachers, school districts are scrambling to find new ways to recruit and retain talent. But there's one underutilized solution: federal stimulus money from the national COVID crisis.
Taiwan Tensions: Reassessing the Risks of Operating in China
Companies with Chinese ties are facing the biggest escalation of risks in decades, as the race for clean energy combines with rising geopolitical tensions to undermine already fragile trade relations with Washington.
This is not just...
The bright side of the Great Resignation: You now have a better chance to be promoted at work
People hoping to break into the upper ranks of management often lament that it's a revolving door of the same old candidates. Not so.
The Great Resignation has thinned the ranks. An era of specialty has led to a shortage of experien...
Why an upskilling culture is crucial for your business to thrive
With the job market as tight as it is, and set to remain so, companies can't simply hire their way out of trouble anymore.
As the skills crunch continues to challenge many industries, employers are trying something new to get people...
How to plan for the death of a loved one
My grandpa was dying of bone cancer, an especially gruesome way to go. He'd shriveled down to 85 pounds. The bathtub was one of the few things that brought him comfort.
So there we sat in his final days as he talked about his...
How CEOs And Their Teams Can Prepare For 2023's Newest Cyberthreats
If you think the last few years were bad for cybersecurity breaches, take a deep breath before you consider what's coming in 2023. Our existing defenses may not be ready for what's in store.
Bad actors are honing their existing at...
Inflation Reduction Act Burdens Small and Midsize Businesses
The big corporate tax increase from Washington may be aimed at giants such as Amazon and Bank of America, but the regulatory burden will also fall significantly on many smaller companies with overseas operations.
Businesses that have...
Data Analytics: The Ugly, But Crucial Step CEOs Can't Ignore
Today's C-Suite leaders have high expectations of data. They want to be able to whip out their smartphones and bring up beautiful visualizations of trends that give them actionable insights into the business at a granular level.
Tha...
Buckle Up: What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Your Small Business
There's no way to sugarcoat this: Small and midsize businesses should be scared to death about the consequences of the Inflation Reduction Act. Unless they provide goods and services to the green energy industry, the law's unforeseen conseque...
Why we need a different national conversation about mental health on college campuses
There has been a significant increase in anxiety and depression among college students. Recent data from the CDC suggests a disproportionate risk for mental health problems in college-age people; one study reported that nine out of 10 college stu...
Maybe You Don't Have the Skills You Need to Manage Your Remote Workforce
If you're still requiring your team to show up in the office every day, then you might have a business problem that has nothing to do with remote work.
Maybe you're change-averse. Maybe you're operating in a culture that prizes proces...
Deepen Supplier Relationships To Survive The New Normal
The supply-chain crisis has prompted endless commentary about how long the disruptions will last before we get back to the pre-Covid normal. Analysts have resorted to poring over shipping container rates, checking heat maps on Shanghai area manuf...
How To Avoid The Culture Clashes That Undermine Mergers
M&A is surging, but as many CEOs are learning the hard way, announcing a deal and then making it work can be two very different things.
Deals that look great on spreadsheets can still hit severe obstacles when companies struggle t...
Stranger Things: Why We're Seeing Lots of Throwback Cars On the Road
On a recent weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, cars on the street had the look of a bygone era. I saw surviving Saturns, Oldsmobile minivans, even that funky old greenhouse on wheels, the AMC Pacer.
Turns out, cars in the rest of t...
Crypto bosses like me are having to let go of some of the most talented people in America. Here's why you should jump on hiring crypto castaways
Crypto winter has arrived-and it's chilly out there for the thousands of employees being laid off in response to the sector's worst downturn in several years.
I should know. My cryptocurrency company is one of the many that had...
Don't Let Failed Digital Transformations Prevent Future Attempts
Companies that adopt digital-first systems across operations, sales, marketing, and more can realize significant cost savings - cutting down on labor needs, leveraging data and business intelligence tools, and even reducing time to market. But,...
Aftermarket suppliers still have time to develop thoughtful EV strategies
Conventional wisdom holds that it's a scary time to be in the automotive aftermarket business. The message that's implied is that you need to transform your business now or you'll have missed the runaway the EV bonanza forever.
...
How to protect cybersecurity budgets
Market volatility and inflation are forcing companies to slash spending. In uncertain times like these, there's a tendency toward across-the-board cuts, so every department shares in the pain. But if you plan to include cybersecurity in your cu...
Hirers need to take note of this growing education trend
High school students today face the prospect of graduating into a world that immediately weighs them down with student debt and out-of-control product prices. Fortunately, there's a growing trend in American secondary education that can help them...
CFOs Must Face Tech Stack Inflation by Balancing Priorities
It's been a good run. Business consumers of software have enjoyed stable or even falling prices amid an explosion in productivity and choice. Plentiful capital, intense competition, and a strong pace of innovation over two decades deterred tech...