Strategy & techniques
Karen K. Ho
5 ways 'Ted Lasso' shows how effective leadership can be achieved through kindness
The Peabody Award-winning, 20-time Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ show is full of lessons on management, empathy, and compassion. Its second season premieres Friday.
Julia Métraux
3 ways managers can support employees living with chronic pain and fatigue
Make yourself approachable to discuss accommodations and recognize that not all chronic illnesses are visible.
Kevin Shalvey
Microsoft removes individual names from its Productivity Score feature, which tracked Microsoft Team users' activity, in response to privacy concerns
Microsoft responded to concerns over sharing detailed data about remote employees by stripping its Productivity Score feature of usernames.
Business Insider
A management professor and other business leaders share how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed employee training
IMD professor Bettina Büchel said that her course design has not changed fundamentally, but there are key differences to navigate.
Business Insider
Jennifer Jordan to speak at the Business Insider Global Trends Festival 2020 on leadership in the digital age
Jennifer Jordan is a social psychologist who has studied the traits that make effective leaders.
Taylor Borden
The New York Times just started offering parent employees a stipend as high as $600 a week for childcare and in-person tutoring
A memo reviewed by Business Insider shows The New York Times is giving $100 a week to cover in-person tutoring for employees' children.
Allana Akhtar
Increasing diversity in management is good for productivity, a study suggests
A new study suggests a 1% increase in racial diversity in management increased tech firms' productivity by $729 per employee.
Dominick Reuter
Billionaire Mark Cuban told us his plan to save America's entrepreneurs now that the federal relief fund has run dry - and the biggest disasters the government must fix immediately
In less than 13 days, all $349 billion allocated for small business relief unde...
Anastasia Bendebury and Michael Shilo DeLay
We're a couple who was furloughed from our jobs, so we're using the time in self-isolation to turn our passion project into a viable business - here's how we're making it happen
Anastasia Bendebury and Michael Shilo DeLay are the creators of Demystifying Sc...
Dominick Reuter
How a German drone taxi startup used crowdsourced ideas, an unexpected partner, and its outsider status to carve out a new multi-trillion-dollar opportunity in the transportation industry
When Florian Reuter joined German drone taxi startup Volocopter in 2015 as CEO,...
Joe Williams
How a data storage startup reached unicorn status by closing a new $100 million funding round during the coronavirus pandemic
Google Solutions like those from VAST Data can make AI adoption easier. Accessing stored data is a major prob...
Dominick Reuter
Federal relief loans for small businesses just dried up. Here's what to do if you need $1 million dollars or more to stay afloat
Getty Images All of the PPP loan funds have been committed, but new Fed-backed loans could help some business...
Elle Hardy
Crisis managers are taking center stage during the pandemic - and can make a lucrative living. Here's how to break into the in-demand role, according to 5 veterans in the industry.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that the median salary for an emergency man...
Irene Jiang
Why independent restaurant owners are fighting third-party delivery platforms like Grubhub and Uber Eats
Mark Lennihan/AP Images Third-party delivery services are often seen by restaurant owners as a necessary evil. Third-party d...
Alexis Rhiannon
I'm saving money on rideshares and travel right now, but I'm not keeping that cash - I'm spending it at local businesses even if they're closed
Getty Images The author is not pictured. I've had a little extra cash in my poc...
Guadalupe Gonzalez
10 major companies including Amazon, Facebook, and Salesforce that are offering cash and resources to businesses impacted by the pandemic - and how to apply
More than half of small businesses in the US have temporarily closed their door...
Jennifer Ortakales
Your business could defer taxes and get credits for keeping employees. An expert explains how to know if you're eligible.
Two tax provisions of the $2 trillion stimulus package could put cash back into small business owners' pocket...
Guadalupe Gonzalez
States and cities are stepping up to help businesses survive. Here are the best funding programs nationwide to help you pay rent, keep employees, and restructure your debt.
States and city governments are offering millions in loans and grants to busine...
Dominick Reuter
The CEO of a German air taxi startup explains how shifting to English will gear it up to be a leader in the edgy new industry
Startups with international ambitions eventually face one choice that others might take for granted: What lan...
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MAKING IT AS A FREELANCER: Every tip, trick, and guide you'll need to get started, build a successful business, and handle the ups and downs of being a freelancer
Maskot/Getty Images From staying focused while working at home to filing taxes,...
Havovi Cooper,Claire Molloy
How a small NYC grocery delivery business is coping with a 400% surge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus has forced grocery delivery drivers on the front lines of the pandemic. Mirchi, a small New Y...
Jessica Kelly,Jessica Kelly
How a local upstate New York fitness studio designed their own at-home bike delivery service in just a few days and boosted revenues while their doors remain shut during the pandemic
Mark Dellas Photography Erika Brason. Companies shut down by the pandemic have ...
Erin McDowell,Erin McDowell
15 photos that show the working-from-home spaces of great minds
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. in his home office in Montgomery, Alabama, in May 1956. Famou...
Dominick Reuter
Why startups should begin by doing things that don't scale, and how to know when to switch to things that do
Before startups commit time and resources to things that scale, the story of a popular urban-gardening startu...
Taylor Nicole Rogers
Coronavirus is sinking the 2020 internship class, new LinkedIn data suggests - and it could impact Gen-Z careers for years
The number of new internships posted on LinkedIn has plummeted as businesses grapple with the economic fallou...
