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...commercials for just one show a day.” This will quiet your brain and help you take a step back from the non-stop media swirl. Limit Time Spent on Social Media Scrolling through your Facebook News Feed alone can be stressful. Along with limiting time spent on social media, also know when it’s best not to engage in a heated online discussion. You’re probably not going to change anyone’s mind, and you’re certainly not going to make a legitimate political change through the comments section on Facebook. Worst case, if it’s too difficult to disengage with topics that you vehemently disagree...

...Ultimately the team wins when competitiveness is replaced by loyalty, respect, and the trust that all teammates’ names will be on that symbolic trophy. Feed your ego with your team’s success—not your individual glory Our ego is a powerful force, but with all powerful forces, we must harness it for good, not evil. None of us got to a high level in our careers without a strong ego. But world-class teammates feed their ego by helping the team succeed: when they are the strongest team member, they demonstrate that strength by helping someone else versus getting to the top of...

...book Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere is the #1 Bestseller in Business Teams on Amazon and provides companies and leaders with the best virtual practices to perform at the highest levels. Julie Zhuo Julie Zhuo is a top management virtual keynote speaker, former VP of Facebook product design, and the bestselling author of The Making of a Manager . Julie has led teams behind some of Facebook’s most popular mobile and web services, such as Facebook’s News Feed, the “like” button, and user profiles. As Facebook grew, so did her role and now she leads a team of more...

...Pregnant attendees were paired with other women who were expecting. There were numerous test runs of the live video itself, which, to the planners’ delight, actually worked half the time. (It would only be a one-way feed, saving costs and eliminating the cruel potential of Adi Etot residents having to glimpse a sea of untouched water glasses.) By any measure, the stunt worked. Charity: Water had raised nearly $3.2 million by night’s end. The figure is not record breaking for the sector. But at a time when galas are often loss leaders, the evening was remarkable: It posted an 8-to-1...

...impacts business, it will be very difficult to get buy-in to the opportunity. This is why so many companies continue to try – and inevitably fail to authentically engage and sustain a two-way dialogue with their employees and consumers/clients to feed the right kind of cultural intelligence into the business model – instead lumping the demographic shift into their total market strategy. And this is why companies are so at risk of losing top diverse talent and consumers/clients, especially to emerging small businesses and mid-market companies owned by Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans and other groups that have the innate cultural know-how...

...the doctor becomes to provide comfort and compassion—not to diagnose disease or to prescribe medications. In other words, computers will be also taking over some of the jobs of our doctors, and we won’t need as many human doctors as we have today. It will be like the future that Autodesk CEO Carl Bass once described to me: “The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Summers is wrong, however, in...

...process, use the same formula as in Point #1 above. When an employee does something great, let them know, specifically and immediately. Share the win with others. For example, “Terrific email this morning, I loved how you summed up the meeting for everyone. I’m going to let the Big Boss know how helpful it was. ” 5. Feed a feedback culture. Make it clear that it’s always okay for your team members to ask for feedback. Model the appropriate way to ask without seeming like an approval-seeking suck-up. That is, “Hey, let me know what you thought about how I...

...develop their leadership and their talent pool of future leaders, and enter into external vendor relationships and strategic alliances. In other words, it impacts every aspect of how a business is run. But if you don’t have the intelligence about the demographic shift and can’t articulate how the unique qualities of say, the Hispanic culture, impacts business, it will be very difficult to get buy-in to the opportunity. This is why so many companies continue to try – and inevitably fail to authentically engage and sustain a two-way dialogue with their employees and consumers/clients to feed the right kind of...

...require more water just to get the same amount of irrigation to crops. Rain patterns are also changing: The interval between rainfalls has been growing as has the intensity when it does fall. The longer intervals without rain have led to a hardening of surface soil. When the rains do come, much of it runs to sewers and rivers, or sits on the surface before evaporating, but either way it is lost because the rainwater can’t permeate the ground. Tainted Water. Pollution is also reducing the amount of available water. Growing food for so many people and feed for so...

...process, use the same formula as in Point #1 above. When an employee does something great, let them know, specifically and immediately. Share the win with others. For example, “Terrific email this morning, I loved how you summed up the meeting for everyone. I’m going to let the Big Boss know how helpful it was. ” 5. Feed a feedback culture. Make it clear that it’s always okay for your team members to ask for feedback. Model the appropriate way to ask without seeming like an approval-seeking suck-up. That is, “Hey, let me know what you thought about how I...

...of profits you can expect to have higher costs due to increased taxes and regulations. Sanders policies are very Keynesian and New Deal oriented, Sanders sited FDR as his role model: “You know, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1933 at a time when 25 percent of the American people were unemployed, the country was in incredible despair… He said we’re going to use all of the resources that we have to create jobs, to build homes, to feed people, to protect the farmers, we are a nation which if we come together there is nothing that...

...  If you feel like there has been more tension lately on your Slack feed, in your Zoom meeting, or at your office, you’re not alone. In 2021 about 89% of employees admitted experiencing conflict in the workplace and had spent about 3.5 hours a week dealing with it. However, there’s hope for getting along, according to the March-April 2022 Harvard Business Review Magazine article “ Managing a Polarized Workforce ”. In the article, the authors Julia A. Minson and Francesca Gino dispel the three myths about disagreements that hold us back from talking with each other. They then...