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Remote Work: Some People are Never Going Back

September 10, 2020

By Kristen Harris I recently heard a speaker describe precisely how I’ve been feeling lately: “I don’t work from home; I live at work.” It’s as if we all moved into our offices and never get to go home. And it looks like this is going to last a while, maybe forever for some people. Working from home is likely to be one of the lasting legacies of COVID-19, continuing long after the pandemic threat has passed (because it will pass eventually, trust). So, what might this new reality look

Control What You Can in the New Normal

September 8, 2020

By Kristen Harris Every year Merriam-Webster announces a Word of the Year. We have a few obvious candidates for 2020: coronavirus, COVID, social distance, mask, pandemic, quarantine. Might I also suggest loneliness, isolation, and lack of control? Sometime in February, we started hearing about this new “coronavirus,” and in March, the whole world shifted. All of this change has a significant impact on mental health, substance use, and even suicidal ideation. There are so many things happening that we can’t control, and it’s starting to get to people. I like

Being Found on LinkedIn is Good Business

September 2, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline While LinkedIn occasionally turns into something beyond a social network for business, we really want it for business. We look for connections and contacts but is your account set up so people can find you? Staying in the shadows may make you feel like you are hiding from solicitors, etc., but you could also be hiding from opportunities. Here are a few tips to let people know that you are open for business: Have a headshot of yourself. You will not be taken seriously if you omit

Keep Up The March

July 22, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline When we started this business we had no idea how naive we were. That is really how it is supposed to be though, right? You start a new chapter in your book of life and it is all new and exciting. Back in 2005, we knew marketing and we knew people so what else could you possibly need to know? Well… Finance Human resources Networking Websites Phone systems You get the idea, but what about RECESSION and HUMAN RIGHTS and PANDEMIC and everything that goes along with

Remote Networking: An Introvert’s Dream?

July 8, 2020

By Kristen Harris I’ve written past articles about networking, especially as an introvert. I don’t love big events, lots of hand-shaking, or blanketing a room with my business card. Since we’re doing a lot of working from home and most events have been canceled or postponed for the near future, you’d think this would be an introvert’s dream, right? Yes and no. Funny enough, I miss people! I’ve never loved a huge ballroom full of strangers, but I do like connecting with people one-on-one or in small groups. Right now

Inclusion: Stop Hiring for Culture Fit and Start Hiring for Values

July 6, 2020

By Kristen Harris We hear this all the time–“we hire for culture fit,” “not sure that person is a culture fit,” “we’re looking for someone who fits our culture.” I’ve personally said that phrase an endless amount of times. Finding a “culture fit” for your team has seemed to be the holy grail…”this person has all the right skills AND they’re a culture fit.” It’s shorthand for the ideal team member, or is it? Whatever your culture is, this person will embrace and perpetuate it, which sounds great. Except we’re

The Perfect Summer For a Staycation (Summer is Not Canceled)

July 1, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline Let’s face it, this year has been a bit of a drag. We have been celebrating life moments in more creative ways and best that we can and now summer is here and we all really want to do something fun. I mean, we kind of deserve it with the year that we are having, right? The world is struggling to get back “online” so this may be the year to plan an epic “staycation” or simply put, a vacation where you simply stay in place. So

The World is a Canvas

June 24, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline 2020 has been one heck of a year. Because of this pandemic we have been denied some of the things that bring us love and joy. We can’t visit relatives. We can’t visit friends. We can’t go to work. We can’t go on vacation. We can’t go to museums, concerts, performances, or even the library. One thing that has been used on the increase during these times is the internet. It is the one crack in the bleakness that provides us access to calls with families, streaming

Take Your Dog to Work Day 2020

June 19, 2020

Take Your Dog to Work Day looks a little bit different this year. For the past few months, we’ve been able to spend more time with our pups as we’ve been working from home; and our dogs have become our co-workers as they’ve joined our virtual meetings from time-to-time! Today we are sharing how we’ve been spending time with our dogs. Scroll below to see what we’ve been up! Derik and Crew My co-worker Crew has been adjusting to having new people in his co-working space! One of us gets

Networking in a Time When No One Wants to Hear Your Sales Pitch

June 18, 2020

By Catherine Lang-Cline If you have been in business for at least 15 years like us, or maybe even longer, you know that networking looks very different today. Today, it is completely different because of a world-wide pandemic and during a pandemic, no one wants to be sold to. What worked then doesn’t always work now and that leaves us with trying to reinvent a new way to network. So how does one continue to network when every in-person meeting, event, and convention has been canceled? Let’s start with the

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