Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, many organizational leaders were resistant to the concept of employees working from home exclusively or even … Read more
Weekly Wrap: A Different Type of Employee Screening
As the reopening conversation continues in earnest, one of the key safety measures concerns how we keep asymptomatic, but infected, employees away from … Read more
Stay Remote: 5 Alternative Approaches to Return-to-Work Planning
When the current pandemic started impacting how we work, the internet was plagued with every tip, trick, and article about how to work remotely. Two months … Read more
From Card Tables to Countertops: A Guide for Creating an Ergonomic Workstation at Home
As your employees find themselves working from home for an unknown period of time, it’s important for them to create a designated workspace. But it’s about … Read more
More Remote Work Tools to Help Communicate and Collaborate Securely
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced 1.5 billion people around the world to stay home, as well as forced businesses to quickly adopt remote work policies. The … Read more
4 Tips for Taking Your Professional Development Sessions Virtual
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to take their operations fully remote — Influence & Co. included. As a result, we’re adjusting to … Read more
How One Company is Creating Solidarity Amongst a Global Workforce
What a time we’re all living in. Let’s start with a moment to simply acknowledge that. Situations around us are changing day to day, leaving … Read more
Remote Work Isn’t the Time to Overlook Engagement and Connection
Microsoft recently set the standard for prioritizing company connectedness in a time of fully remote work. The tech giant managed to pull off a historic, … Read more
6 Ways Working From Home is Exposing Broken Cultures
Transitioning from a traditional office environment to a fully remote workforce isn’t easy: some employees will have an unreliable internet … Read more
5 Tips for Managing Remote Project Teams in the Time of COVID-19
In today’s age of globalization and technical advancement, many organizations have seen considerable success giving some employees the option to work … Read more
Paving the Way for Remote Work: What Talent Acquisition Can Learn From Quarantine
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. 1.5 billion people worldwide have been told to stay home, stock markets have dropped, businesses have closed, … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Exhausted by Zoom? You’re Not Alone
Are you tired of being on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting, or Google Meet calls, all day, every day? It can be exhausting, even more exhausting than … Read more
Remote Work and Cyber Threats: How HR Can Work With IT to Help
The COVID-19 lockdown is forcing millions of employees to work from home. As they scramble to set up their home offices and establish connections to their … Read more
Why UK Employers Must Monitor the Health and Safety of Remote Workers
It’s already a cliche to suggest coronavirus has wrought seismic changes in daily life. The Office of National Statistics has found that half of … Read more
One Way Companies Can Promote Virtual Volunteerism
What can you do when your company values volunteerism but your workers just can’t find the time to physically travel to schools during the day? Send them … Read more
3 Creative Approaches to Corporate Fitness Programs during COVID-19
Working from home has never been more simultaneously common and challenging. And while this is the “new normal” for the time being, work is very different. … Read more
How to Keep Newly-Remote Workforces Learning Continuously
COVID-19 is a challenge unlike any of us have faced before, and that includes HR leaders: the largest global remote working experiment ever attempted is … Read more
3 Quick Tips For Anyone Still Struggling With Working Remotely
Stay at home mandates from the government due to the COVID-19 pandemic has force businesses to use a work at home model. It’s incumbent upon these … Read more
Rewards, Recognition, and Virtual Work: 8 Ways to Adjust Your Programs
Managing your virtual employees and a parallelly active rewards and recognition program during this COVID-19 pandemic can be challenging. At this crucial … Read more
The Latest Research on How We’re Adapting to Remote Work
The world is being shaken like a snow globe, and everything seems to be upside down and spinning –especially the way we work. COVID-19 has turned our homes … Read more