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• COVID-19 and national responses, part 1 of 2: Asia and Europe

  Keith Carlson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  When COVID-19 first emerged and the world began to take notice, each country naturally responded in its own way. These responses were based on many factors, including available public health resources, political will, governmental structure, scientific interest and rigor, as well as the expertise of virologists, epidemiologists, and other experts. How have some countries handled the outbreak, and what lessons can we learn from our relative failures, oversights, and successes?

• 6 steps to getting better at everything

  Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  I've been an executive coach for almost two decades with greater than a 97% rehire rate. I want to share some of the tactics and strategies that continue to work across different industries, different cultures, and different kinds of need areas. You can become better at almost anything if you follow this simple plan.

• Infographic: Tricks to learn any skill fast

  Brian Wallace Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Lifelong learning is the gift that keeps on giving, whether that learning is professional or personal. Seventy-three percent of American adults consider themselves to be lifelong learners but half feel underskilled and fear they are missing out on growth opportunities. This infographic outlines the value of learning as well as how to break down learning skills into smaller tasks that can be built upon.

• 5 healthy habits for staying sane while working from home

  Caroline Goyder Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  If you are working from home, you're likely spending much of your day video conferencing or teleconferencing. It should be wonderful, shouldn’t it? No commuting, no open plan office distractions, no hot desking. But unless you create some constructive habits when working from home, your days can quickly become a draining treadmill of calls. Here are a few healthy habits to adopt to help keep your energy up and your co-workers boosted and upbeat.

• Could cannabis help treat COVID-19?

  Bambi Majumdar Pharmaceutical

  There is a massive global effort underway to develop a COVID-19 vaccine as quickly and as thoroughly as possible. But in the meantime, new prevention strategies and therapies are sorely needed. One promising Canadian study indicates that certain enzymes in cannabis could help treat the disease. It highlights cannabis’ benefits as an aid in blocking the cells that enter the body from the novel coronavirus.

• Luxury home market poised for quick rebound

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  As with other sectors of the housing market, sales of luxury homes in the U.S. plunged in late March and April as most of the country came under stay-at-home orders. Domestic clientele decided to hold back, and with many other affluent countries facing similar restrictions, including bans on air travel, the pool of international buyers and investors soon evaporated. Sellers quickly began to pull their properties off the market, further reducing opportunities for sales. In recent weeks activity has begun to revive, however, and industry insiders anticipate that sales will start to rebound by early summer.

• How to incorporate socially distanced influencers into your new digital…

  Lisa Mulcahy Marketing

  A new report finds that 60% of surveyed B2B businesses are currently focusing on social media advertising due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world recovers from COVID-19, everything looks and feels very different. Incorporating socially distanced influencers into campaigns that reflect our new way of life may seem challenging. After all, you want your influencers to strike the right messaging tone as we proceed out of the worst of the crisis, but you also want contributions to be engaging and informative and to be seen by the right audience for your products or services.

• Dealing with risk in a volatile season

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  To put it mildly, 2020 has been a challenging year. We've all had to deal with the impact of several significant events in a short period of time. While no one envisioned so much happening so fast, this raises an issue that many church leaders prefer not to consider … risk. However, leaders who have a plan to prevent these risks and how to deal with them if they occur will fare much better than those who don’t. Here are a few things for you to consider as you mitigate the risks to your church.

• What everyone should know about payroll fraud

  Grace Ferguson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Payroll is often an employer's biggest expense, making it a prime target for fraud on many levels. Employers, employees, third parties, and others all contribute to payroll rackets. For example, one type of fraud happens when companies misclassify employees as independent contractors. This type of misclassification strips the employee of their labor rights, as independent contractors are not protected by most employment regulations, including minimum wage and overtime pay laws.

• Heart attack, stroke patients are avoiding the ER due to COVID-19 concerns

  Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied Healthcare

  The number of heart attack patients treated at U.S. hospital emergency rooms decreased by nearly half during the pandemic. That statistic has health officials worried that people are avoiding care because they are afraid of contracting COVID-19 at a hospital. Kaiser Permanente researchers reviewed heart attack treatments at its Northern California hospitals before and after the first COVID-19 death was reported on March 4. The 4.4 million records showed the number of ER treatments dropped by 48% once pandemic-related deaths started occurring.

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