How Midsize Companies Can Compete with Digital Giants

2020 was a rough year. And the start of 2021 doesn't feel like it's getting any easier. So how do you stay focused at work?

Real inclusion means your employees feel included, involved and accepted at work. (3 of 3)

Many diversity and inclusion efforts in the workplace fall short of helping employees feel like they belong — and why this matters. (1 of 3)

Diversity does not always translate to inclusivity. How to ensure that your efforts are making your employees feel like they belong. (2 of 3)

What does it take to become a professional photographer (and maybe even get your photos noticed by Beyoncé)?

This is not a side issue: it’s time to adopt a more systematic, coherent approach to D&I.

Here’s how to figure out if it’s time to move on to the next phase of your career--and if it is, how to do it right.

Indra Nooyi has ideas for evolving the corporate world, including how we think about talent and improving how we treat all workers.

To many people, strategy is a total mystery. But it’s really not complicated, says Harvard Business School’s Felix Oberholzer-Gee.

Should you always be looking for another job, never make a lateral move, or be sure to stay at a job for two years? There's a lot of conflicting advice out there. HBR's Amy Gallo helps you sort the myths from the facts.

They’re not being a jerk on purpose, and if you can understand what motivates them you’ll find a better way to co-exist, and maybe even thrive.

Of all the bad bosses out there, one of the most common–and most painful to work for–is the one who’s plagued by doubt. Here’s how to deal with them.

Sure, you could just argue with them. But if you have to work together, here are more productive ways for everyone to win.

Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #519 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jarvis Gray, the Managing Director of The Quality Coaching Co. He offers more than 16 years of strategic planning, quality improvement, and operations leadership experience in the healthcare industry.  Through his firm, The Quality Coaching Co., Jarvis and his associates help healthcare organizations foster cultures of system-wide quality improvement by offering customized Lean Six […]

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I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Brent Loescher, a fellow instructor with me at TKMG Academy. A Lean practitioner at heart, Brent received his formal Toyota Production System training while working for Toyota Motor Sales in their North American Parts Operations. He helped develop a Lean program for the landscape maintenance industry, implementing and evolving continuous improvement programs across the country since 2009. This included co-leading a […]

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“From alarms and task chunking to time-estimation exercises, the strategies below can help you develop a more ‘ACCURATE’ sense of time.”

Business leaders with ADHD do best when they surround themselves with teammates who offset their executive functioning weaknesses.

In the second of this two-part series, an expert predicts the innovations that could reshape how ADHD is diagnosed and treated in the years to come.

ADHD brings unique strengths that can drive innovation and boost the bottom line. Learn how inclusivity in neurodivergent workplaces translates into a competitive advantage.

"If you hold a leadership position in your workplace, commit to these five strategies to create a positive work environment. While its benefits will extend to everyone, for neurodivergent employees, these strategies could mean the difference between struggling in silence and thriving in an environment that understands and meets their needs."

Serious consequences can befall a worker who reveals their ADHD diagnosis to an employer. Here’s what leading experts advise.

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, companies require top talent to keep up with the competition, innovate, and, ultimately, succeed. At the heart of every successful company lies an efficient and effective hiring process. With the recruitment industry becoming increasingly specialized and advanced, many companies are turning to Recruitment as a Service (RaaS) to turbocharge their talent acquisition efforts. RaaS is an innovative model that offers candidate sourcing, assessment, interviewing, and onboarding in a ...

Building positive working relationships with your employees is critical for enhancing engagement and productivity. As a company, we have realized that fostering these relationships from when the employees join the organization yields tremendous results. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. Forming these bonds takes time, dedication, and ...

One of the most critical performance factors for hiring teams is time to hire. Only 30% of organizations can fill a position within 30 days. The remaining candidates take anything from one to four months to get hired. Why should you try to shorten the hiring process? Taking too long to fill a ...

The process through which corporations seek, track, and interview job candidates and train new employees is called talent acquisition. A talent source looks for and finds suitable candidates. They do this by employing a variety of proactive recruiting tactics. Sources seek applicants who are both active and passive. The human resources (HR) department is normally in charge of this.

In today's business environment, where millions of open positions remain unfilled and labor shortages abound, hiring right is more critical than ever. Yet, many organizations are woefully shortsighted in their hiring decisions, ignoring the very business strategies that ...

They're motivated, they're eager to make a difference, and they bring a breath of fresh air to every team. I'm talking, of course, about college students and recent graduates. Young talent is a real asset for a company, which is why competition for these candidates is so high. To attract qualified young professionals, you need a solid university marketing plan. Understanding University Markting But what exactly is university marketing? To put it simply, "university marketing" refers to your means of ...

Last week marked the end of an era, as Monster and CareerBuilder announced they were entering a marriage of equals, more or less undermining most of their sales messaging over the last two decades of this once powerful duopoly. Not so very long ago, of course, such a move would have been unthinkable.

When we think about the issues associated with "ageism" in today's job market, we largely tend to first think of older, more experienced workers who live their lives - and livelihoods -  in a somewhat precarious position, plagued by the widespread misperception that they are somehow past their professional prime. Older workers should be valued for their extensive experience and proven expertise, but instead, find themselves with the sword ...

By Andres Moreno, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Open Education In today's global market for top talent, businesses that fail to invest in attracting, retaining and developing bilingual talent are leaving money on the table. For employers, language gaps cost opportunities, erode profitability and hinder growth. It's no secret that actively recruiting bilingual candidates leads to improved business and bottom line outcomes. In fact, a ...

Every candidate on the job market is looking for the perfect position — and that's harder than it sounds. Looking for a job is a full-time job of its own. Job seekers head into the market every single day to ensure they'll get the role they truly desire. Even though it's a very tiring and time-consuming process, candidates put up with it because they know they will be rewarded in the end. On the flip side, employers are doing a very similar ...

As businesses start to embrace global remote workforces, one of the challenges they must deal with is managing employees spread across different geographies. It's important to understand that this task involves much more than just being considerate of different time zones. For a global remote workforce to be truly successful, organizations must also take into account important differences in culture. The prevailing values, behavioral norms, and personal situations in different ...

A little healthy competition is a good thing — under the right circumstances and with the right people. In many industries, internal competition has long been used to increase everything from productivity to profits. But what about using competition as part of your employee engagement strategy? Does pitting individual workers against each other really increase engagement across the board? While there are

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused nearly every aspect of everyday life to come to an unprecedented halt. We have never before had to shutter our entire economy for something that we cannot see with the naked eye. Businesses with in-office workforces were forced to quickly shift to fully remote operations. This sudden and dramatic change has presented us all with a set of stressful challenges including social isolation, economic uncertainty, and soaring unemployment rates. As a result, employees are overwhelmed ...

The common thread in both the COVID-19 pandemic and the racial unrest sweeping America is that both crises happened because leaders failed to do one thing: listen. With coronavirus, the failure was immediate, hobbling what should have been an effective early response. In the case of the racial-justice protests, the failure to listen compounded over decades of police abuses, and the dam of national outrage finally broke following the murder of George Floyd in May. Amid the anguish and loss brought ...

Having visibility into a team's processes and projects is important to every manager. However, when you're managing a remote team, visibility becomes even more critical. How can you guide your staff on priorities and deadlines when you aren't sure what's actually going on behind the scenes? With remote workforces, simply getting work done isn't enough. Inefficient processes become more problematic as employees are no longer in the same room and communication becomes more difficult or delayed. Managers also need to see ...

These days, cultural fit is a key component of many hiring decisions. It's understandable why: Workers who align with the cultures of their companies tend to be more satisfied with their jobs, and therefore, they are more likely to stay with the company for a longer time and produce ...

The presentation will discuss Walk-Up Metrology—the capability and utilization of a vision and multi-sensor system to be effective for a wide range of measurement applications.

The MD&M East, Atlantic Design & Manufacturing, EastPack, ATX East, PLASTEC East, and Quality Expo came to New York this week.

Testing potential improvements can get complicated when working with multiple suppliers in different steps of a process. Using a Monte Carlo Simulation can help illuminate the results you’d like to see.

For someone not in the education industry (word used on purpose), I spend a lot of time thinking about education. Just like work issues, the constant and daily reality of school tends to hit you over the head until you just have to pay attention. The thing on my mind today is how much we force kids to record about their lives. Our schools today encourage and often require kids to monitor and measure ...

Article by Anne Grady Do you often feel like you have spent your whole day chipping away at your to-do list without accomplishing any of the things that are most important to you? You are not alone. As a CEO, mom, wife, volunteer, friend, daughter, and overachiever, I know how that feels. It's like you're on a hamster wheel, never making any progress. You go through the week looking forward to Friday, and then you spend the weekend catching ...

When you think of the value a side hustle can bring to your life, what comes to mind? If one of your first thoughts is "making extra money," you're not wrong. Starting a side gig is a great way to bring in extra income during your time away from your primary job. But you might also want to consider how the right side hustle can make you better and more ...

There's a good chance you know someone who works a day job and also spends part of their free time working on a side hustle. In fact, according to a survey commissioned by Vistaprint, 27 percent of Americans have already turned their hobbies into side businesses, and 55 percent of us would like to make the same move. Side hustles are a great way to make extra cash, but getting one ...

Within the opening moments of a job interview, your first impression is made. Controlling that impression is often a matter of personal style. Let's talk about that one question we ask ourselves everyday: What am I going to wear? This question is never more important than it is on the day of a job interview. Yes, yes — your personality and skills matter, too. However, if we're talking about ...

For quality assurance purposes and to optimize the manufacturing workflow, machine vision is employed throughout the entire process to identify production errors, damage, or impurities early on.

Traditional measurement methods struggle with complex geometries and modern plastic parts. Advanced vision measuring systems offer advantages for automotive manufacturers, but traditional tools are still preferable in some areas.

The 1894 Horse Manure Crisis revealed the negative effects of rapid industrialization. Today, we can learn from past strategies to address the current climate crisis and promote a sustainable future.

The standardization of screw threads has been a historical endeavor involving several organizations. However, the ASME B1 Screw Thread Committee has emerged as the primary organization responsible for holding, updating, and curating these standards.