Let’s get to the tale of the tape of our two undisputed super stars: Beyoncé vs Taylor Swift.

PR agencies have opted out of short and long term leases for office space and have either given up on office space altogether or have taken on considerably less office space. What this means in financial terms is that PR agencies have increased their profits anywhere from five to ten percent.

An employee retention credit (ERC) is a tax credit with the explicit goal of encouraging businesses to keep employees on payroll despite the pandemic.

Judge Terry A. Doughty’s ruling enjoining federal government departments and employees from urging or even encouraging social media platforms to remove false and dangerous information is an affront to justice, to democracy, and to truth.

Recruiting and retaining Gen Z employees can be a great challenge for many organizations. This means it is now more important than ever to understand the shifting needs and expectations of the Gen Z population. 

Since the beginning of the pandemic three years ago, there were many important PR lessons over the past three years from the pandemic that should not be forgotten because they can relate to agency situations. 

Did you know supplements and vitamins are a fast-growing industry? The supplement industry is projected to reach a global value of $98.6 by 2031 at a growth rate of 7.6%. This is signaling fast changed and growing trends.

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the economy, but small businesses took an especially hard hit. In fact, 96% of small businesses were affected by the pandemic which resulted in substantial layoffs and even some businesses having to shut their doors. 

From 2018 to 2022, 95 college mergers took place, up 21% from any prior point in the 21st century. For many, merging with another school was a last ditch effort to prevent permanent shutdown.

My tech-minded wife wants me to buy a car with the latest technology that automatically puts on the brakes if someone suddenly steps out in front.  And if I’m not up to steering, it will steer by itself.

One of the greatest challenges facing global communicators and content creators today is finding a common language — literally. For every communication we prepare, we have to think about not only how to stand out in the crowded content marketplace and make a meaningful connection with our audiences, but how to actually get through and be effectively understood.

The number of people currently interested in investing has gone through the roof. The rise of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin has created a fandom like no other. The COVID-19 lockdown certainly helped the investment market as people were forced to do their own research and realize that this could actually be a very smart way to increase their overall value in the future. When the stock market is booming, there is no better feeling, and it is almost impossible to even consider selling any stock you have as you don’t know when its rise will stop. However, if you want to be a smart investor and ensure that you are continuously making money from your investments, you should consider diversifying your portfolio. Read on to find out when and how to diversify your investment portfolio. 

Author’s note: This article reflects my interview with John Dean about his and Bob Altemeyer’s book, Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers prior to the 2020 Presidential Election. John provides a deep analysis, particularly timely during the January 6th Select Committee Hearings. This article was originally published in 2020, prior to the Presidential Election.

Two years after the outbreak of the global pandemic, some organizational leaders are looking forward to going ‘back to the way things used to be’ before COVID-19, while others are realizing that it is essential to dive a little deeper into its learnings to continue to build a culture of inclusion, well-being, and care. The reason we should all be in the latter group is burnout—and our ability to reduce or prevent it within our organizations by continuing to connect with employees actively and authentically.

Most Americans understand that probiotics are good for us and that they can be important to use when we’re sick, but many of us may not understand the true importance of probiotics. It’s one of those things that may hold a nebulous place in our minds, leaving us to diminish the impact that these supplements actually have on our health. 

That’s right, all the activities I’ll be enjoying mentally over this jam-packed weekend with my feet up on my easy chair or maybe stretched out on a chaise lounge chair on our sun-drenched balcony overlooking hopefully a tranquil ocean or see me sleepwalking on the beach.

In May the head of the Food and Drug Administration warned that misinformation has become the leading cause of death in the United States.

Following the onset of COVID, the world saw a shift to remote work that was far larger than ever before. It was such a large and important shift that 78% of current remote employees want to continue remote work for the rest of their lives. 

This has been an intense and eye opening two years for all of us (to say the least!). Collectively we’ve experienced a concentrated and ceaseless amount of heaviness. Adjusting to this new hybrid world at work while digesting everything else around us has definitely taken a toll on our collective mental wellbeing. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, more than 30% of American adults have reported symptoms of anxiety or depression recently, up from around 10% before the pandemic. Adapting to a more permanent, new way of living and processing all that has happened is also skyrocketing stress levels across the board. Staying focused –let alone motivated – is an added challenge. Modern managers now have an opportunity and a responsibility to encourage and actively support empathy at work. Leading with empathy not only improves employee engagement, but also supports a much wider and very important cultural shift towards destigmatizing mental health issues, encouraging more authenticity in the workplace. Here’s how managers can start actively engaging empathy to empower their teams and drive change.

How do we find the strength to keep going? I know from so many recent conversations that I am not the only one to have those days when the fatigue will not dissipate and getting out of bed feels like fighting gravity.