Pandemic doesn't mean your career growth has stopped | Tips for helping your team overcome stress and exhaustion | 3 keys for being your best on camera
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Many activities can be done by leaders, discussed in chat or dealt with by email, yet many organizations default to meetings instead. NOBL has created a flow chart to help decide when meetings are absolutely necessary, such as when you need people's input to move forward.
To keep your career from stalling during the pandemic, reach out to people in other departments to learn what they do and how that department contributes to the bottom line. "You will always be judged on how well you do in your own area, but unless you understand how your group's work fits into the company's overall goals and strategy, you won't rise far," says Wonya Lucas, CEO of Crown Media Family Networks.
The pandemic has heightened stress in the workplace, and employees are dealing with issues such as child care and exhaustion. Leaders can ease stressors for workers by starting meetings with ice breakers, holding "Ask Me Anything" sessions and matching teams that don't normally work together for a project.
Shining on video requires leaders to know what message they want to deliver, to set up their background and lighting and to look at the camera and not the interviewer, writes John Baldoni. Ask for a copy afterward, he writes, and review it to sharpen your next interview or presentation.
Of the 1.6 million nonprofit sector jobs lost early in the pandemic, 954,450 positions have not returned, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies. "It will be up to strained charities to help the nonprofit workforce cope with the pressures its members are under," the report says.
The success of the great shift to remote working made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic has convinced some venture capitalists and the tech giants that they helped launch don't have to be in Silicon Valley and can do a lot of business on Zoom. The shift to online meetings could increase the odds of startup founders across the country, far from Silicon Valley, connecting with VCs.
Luis Fonsi's global hit "Despacito" has been overtaken by "Baby Shark" as the most-watched video on YouTube. Fun fact: With 7.04 billion views (and counting), the "Baby Shark" viewings would last 30,187 years (and counting) if they were watched consecutively.
