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Why Productivity Paranoia is the Real Obstacle to Remote Work

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? A recent Microsoft study found that 49 percent of managers of hybrid workers “struggle to trust employees to do their best work.” Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard. Not at all.

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The Painful Experience That Inspired One Entrepreneur to Greatness

Entrepreneurs' Organization

After college she worked her way up in the corporate world, managing managers in a manufacturing setting. Older women and people with disabilities couldn’t do it,” she recalled. “So Saichelle wasn’t a born entrepreneur. While driving around with a friend who owned a tow truck business, she had an Aha!

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What does gen Z want at work?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Business owners and hiring managers, take note: Generation Z is entering the workforce and you don’t want to confuse them with millennials. Gone are the days that employers can install a high-end espresso machine or set up a foosball table and then claim employee satisfaction. Which benefits will attract Gen Z? .

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The Startups and Investors Bringing Voice Tech to Healthcare

Dream It

Platforms targeting this challenge include Orbita , a platform designed to simplify the process of designing,, and managing, AI-driven voice and chatbot applications across smartphone and smart speaker channels. Providers can respond to these requests via voice from within the Aiva Health app and manage all of their daily tasks.

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3 Action steps to bake DEI into your organization’s culture

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky pledged that 20% of the company’s US employees would be from underrepresented minority groups by 2025. Instead, focus your objectives on adjusting how you operate (eg, reassessing job qualifications and retraining hiring managers on evaluating résumés) to eliminate ingrained bias. Nail down your messaging.

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Advice to Rising VCs and Founders Navigating The Correction

Revolution

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman Given the tumultuous year in tech and overall market uncertainty, a hot topic among institutional investors right now is the magnitude of potential markdowns in the coming year or two. But what could that look like? To determine approximately how many U.S.

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Be who you needed when you were younger

Entrepreneurs' Organization

These people might have been our colleagues, our managers, our HR business partners, or even an intern or a consultant. How often does an employer promote “generous” exit packages to older staff members so that the company can cut down on its labor costs? And can we really blame them?