What the Pandemic Has Taught Us As Leaders The pandemic has affected every organization in its own unique way. Even within the CPG industry, some companies have suffered immensely, others have flourished, and many are somewhere in between. No matter where you and your organization fall on this spectrum, the universal truth is that it has been immensely challenging for everyone. Business leaders […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 29, 2021 AUTHOR Tim Crean
How to Retain Women in Today’s Remote Workplace The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women in the workplace is striking. Nearly 2.3 million women have left the workforce since the start of the pandemic and that figure doesn’t just represent the layoffs and furloughs that affected women in the early months of the pandemic. In January 2021 alone, 275,000 women left the […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 29, 2021 AUTHOR Melanie Haniph
How HR Has Changed Amid the Pandemic The pandemic has changed the working world forever. One year in, all the critical components of effective workforce management — attracting and retaining talent, culture development, compliance, and diversity — still matter, but there’s a COVID-related twist. As you hire, manage, and develop talent to help your organization perform, you now need to do it […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 15, 2021 AUTHOR Melanie Haniph
Career Coach Emily Golden Answers Your ‘Juicy’ Career Questions You asked; we answered. In a past episode of Start It Sunday, we caught up with author, speaker, and master certified coach Emily Golden to ask her some of your toughest career questions. Now, she’s returning to answer more — and these ones are, as she says, ‘juicy.’ Golden specializes in executive leadership and career coaching and […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 14, 2021 AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer
How Leadership Should Prepare to Return to the Office We are now marking 365 days of conference calls, Zoom meetings, and homemade lunches. For some, it has been a dream come true. No long commutes, no annoying office-mates, and no formal work attire. For others, no in-person feedback, no downtime to chat with coworkers, and no separation between home and office have made the […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 12, 2021 AUTHOR Tim Crean
Sarah Hofstetter On Her Leadership Style, Women’s Empowerment, and More Born to Lead is ForceBrands’ original leadership series that highlights industry thought leaders across CPG. In this episode of Born to Lead, we caught up with Sarah Hofstetter, President and Board Member at e-commerce analytics firm Profitero. Her leadership journey is expansive and one that she says started early — when she became a big […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 7, 2021 AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer
How to Actively Engage Employees Amid COVID Burnout It was March of 2020 when the United States shut down due to the growing outbreak of COVID-19. As we enter March of 2021 and get set to mark the one-year anniversary of pandemic life, COVID burnout at work is a real issue. For employees who have been working (and parenting and teaching and socializing) […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED March 1, 2021 AUTHOR Tim Crean
How to Host Productive Virtual Performance Reviews The goal of performance reviews is to provide employees with feedback that boosts performance. But for many organizations, performance reviews don’t always hit the mark. In a LeadershipIQ study, only 13 percent of employees and managers said they believed their organization’s performance appraisal system was useful. The Covid pandemic complicated the process of conducting performance […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED February 26, 2021 AUTHOR Melanie Haniph
Actionable Ways to Reduce Bias in the Hiring Process When you’re trying to build a diverse and inclusive work culture, it’s natural to look to the hiring process as a way to make a measurable impact. After all, successfully hiring for diversity can help you change the whole makeup of your workforce. However, bias in the hiring process can be the one thing that […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED February 16, 2021 AUTHOR Melanie Haniph
Leadership Hacks for Rescuing Change-Fatigued Employees Change is good, right? You must change to grow as it brings new ideas and possibilities to your organization and personal life. In fact, change, whether it be tectonic in size or less conspicuous, is a part of every active business. It is when there is too much of it over a prolonged period that […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED February 11, 2021 AUTHOR Patrick Proctor
AF Ventures’ Jordan Gaspar and ForceBrands’ Josh Wand On Leading Amid a Pandemic How do you lead during a pandemic when there’s no playbook? How do you sustain your team’s culture in a remote environment? What will the future of the workplace look like after COVID-19? These are all questions that AF Ventures‘ Managing Partner Jordan Gaspar and ForceBrands‘ Founder and CEO Josh Wand address in a candid and timely […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED February 8, 2021 AUTHOR Rebecca Fryer
Democracy in the Workplace: How to Manage Politics and Business The violent riots at the U.S. Capitol in early January shocked Americans and sent a ripple effect through the business community, prompting reactions from top CEOs and business leaders. The riots were just the latest in a string of concerning developments from the last year — the COVID-19 pandemic, a wildly contentious general election, and […] CATEGORIES ForceBrands PUBLISHED February 1, 2021 AUTHOR Melanie Haniph
