With school closings, and the chaos of managing family issues, many women resigned their corporate positions during the pandemic. But I believe many didn’t stop working. They are working in different ways. According to a LinkedIn analysis, businesses founded by women during the pandemic have grown by 27%. Many women in business have had to be creative and entrepreneurial during ...
During my first summer in public accounting, my CPA firm assigned me to work much of the summer in Georgia. Our Atlanta office needed dozens of staff people for a government audit. Instead of assigning me three straight months in Georgia, they graciously allowed me to work for two weeks, then home for two weeks, throughout the summer. This enabled ...
The Seattle Times recently wrote about redefining work to save the planet. They recommended that we consider reducing the work week from 40 to 32 hours. This newspaper also recommended that we provide a universal basic income or a social guarantee for housing and health care. In my opinion, these programs will discourage work and pay people for being unproductive. ...
With significant worker shortages throughout the country, many employees are being asked to work double shifts and are now showing signs of exhaustion. Bojangles Famous Chicken restaurants decided to make a bold move to do something about their employee’s exhaustion. Bojangles closed all company owned stores on two different Mondays and made those paid days of rest for their staff! ...
After recognition that you have started a business, the second business tip I would share with a new entrepreneur is to “Separate your business and personal funds.” When businesses start, many people begin depositing business income into their personal checking account. Further, they often start paying business expenses and personal expenses all from the same account. This causes many problems. ...
In this series, we are looking at five traits common to successful entrepreneurs and how unconventional business leaders should approach each. Today’s trait is Balanced Diligence. Entrepreneurship is hard work. Successful founders work long, hard hours to bring their plans to fruition, and many entrepreneurs push their teams almost to the breaking point in pursuit of success. But throughout the ...
Although it’s only one hour, the change to Daylight Savings Time in the spring often leaves me feeling deprived of sleep and rest. If this is true after losing one hour of rest, imagine the impact my body experiences when God’s design is ignored and I work seven days a week! When I worked tax seasons in public accounting, I ...
When I graduated from college, I started working for a CPA firm just as tax season began. Working seven days a week for weeks at a time was exhausting and could surface short tempers and infighting. In the middle of March, the firm decided we needed an evening to relax. They hosted a fun evening of card games and refreshments. ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
