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How millennial managers are reshaping the workplace

Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

If you're older than 40 or so, there's a tendency to think of millennials in terms of popular stereotypes: avocado toast-eating youngsters job-hopping at the drop of a hat. However, some millennials have been working for almost two decades — and many of these individuals are managers. A new report by Zapier reveals that 62% of millennials manage at least one direct report. For years, we've been studying how millennial employees are changing the workforce. But now, the more appropriate question is: how are millennial managers shaping the workforce?

Associations are made for times like these

Bob Harris and Kateryna Glazkova Association Management

As the economy was faltering and associations began hurting, Ukrainian executive Kateryna Glazkova circulated a statement, "Associations are made for times like these." Glazkova is the executive director of the Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs, founded in 2016. Its purpose is to protect the interests of entrepreneurs and create a favorable business environment. We discussed the impact of her statement and shared what characteristics make associations strong.

Workplaces are designed for ‘alpha males.’ It’s time…

Kate Lanz Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Let’s face it. Workplaces revolve around alpha males. Most large organizations have been created over the decades by men for men. This shows up in all sorts of work practices, such as the qualities that are looked for in recruitment, the way power is measured, the way meetings are run, how feedback is given, and so forth — all of the practices that combine to form the culture of the place we call work. In order to get ahead, many women are expected to be the best men they can be.

US payrolls plunge by 20.5 million jobs; unemployment climbs to 14.7%

Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Attempts to contain COVID-19 led the U.S. economy to shed 20.5 million nonfarm jobs in April versus March's employment loss of 701,000. April's unemployment rate spiked to 14.7% from 4.4% in March. In April, job losses hit all sectors, notably hospitality and leisure payrolls. "Today's report is more than ten-fold worse than the previous all-time high of 1.95 million job losses in September 1945,” Andrew Stettner, senior fellow at The Century Foundation, said in a statement.

Don’t allow email burnout to push your buttons

Bob Kowalski Business Management, Services & Risk Management

We've used email so long that it’s become second nature, and it's hard to remember when we didn't have an inbox to check. It's gone from a secondary function on our desktops to a constant source of information, connection and maybe distraction, from our desktops to our tablets and our phones. Now that so many people work remotely, email has proven its value as much as it ever has. Even the notifications for the rapidly growing number of video conferences come via email. But there's no need for you to suffer email burnout.

Vital signs to monitor for association recovery

William D. Pawlucy Association Management

"If my association went for a health checkup today, there would be some serious health issues," said a president of a large healthcare association. As the economy moves to recovery, consider taking the association’s vital signs, just like a doctor takes body temperature, respiratory rate, and blood pressure. In this case, taking the vitals of the association includes the health of the association; identifying potential symptoms; and developing treatment plans.

Fear of the unknown

Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Fear of the unknown can be debilitating. In recent months, we've witnessed how irrational, intangible fears have caused panic buying, hoarding, greed, brawling, and poor business decisions. "Irrational fears" have no basis in a present reality. Fear of the unknown requires you to ignore or minimize the state of your current circumstances and focus on worst-case future possible scenarios. It's the "what ifs" that will cripple you because they are predicated on the worst possible catastrophes becoming reality.

Infographic: Are virtual events here to stay?

Brian Wallace Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

Virtual meetings are now commonplace and working from home is here to stay, but will large scale events like conferences ever come back? This infographic outlines how virtual events may be here to stay, signaling a major change for business professionals.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on payroll

Grace Ferguson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

Payroll is a core organizational function that any business with employees must perform. Often, though, it remains in the background, overshadowed by more visible operations, such as human resources and finance. But every now and then, an event comes along to remind us of payroll’s critical existence. Currently, that event is the COVID-19 pandemic. As some states move towards reopening their economies, employers are still reeling from the sudden emergence of COVID-19 and its adverse effects on payroll.

Advocacy during a pandemic: Global perspectives

Bob Harris and Camelia Bulat Association Management

Now is the time to increase advocacy efforts, not put them on the back burner. During the pandemic, members are desperate. Rightfully, they turn to the association, their trusted source and indispensable partner. Every member contact is an opportunity to hear their needs. Through conversations, surveys and cries for help, the association should identify their common of challenges.

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