COVID-19 Resources
The Accidental Leader: How to Lead During a Crisis If You Haven’t Done It Before
Times of crisis often reveal the true character of a person. An unprecedented event will trigger our internal flight or fight response. Some people may immediately exit a company, revealing their desire to choose flight first. Others will fight in and for their leadership roles, determined to keep going and not give up. There is…
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Do You Have an Emergency Payroll Provider?
During the Covid-19 crisis, businesses have worked hard to find ways to maintain continuity wherever possible. It’s been the clearest example of the importance of disaster planning. But is payroll part of your disaster plan? An emergency payroll provider that can help you meet your payroll obligations even in the worst of times is invaluable…
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How Your Business Can Survive Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on small businesses across the United States. The federal government has already passed multiple pieces of legislation attempting to help, and businesses have all kinds of new concerns with health, safety, technology, compliance, and more. So what does your business need to do to survive the crisis?…
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A Crisis Magnifies Your Personality Traits
We all watch the news and see the dark side of COVID-19, which includes devastating numbers of illnesses and deaths, financial struggles, and more. Businesses are going under. Unemployment is at an all-time high. A lot of people are hurting. But there is still quite a bit of “good” happening around us. In this week’s…
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Consultant’s Corner: CDC Guidelines for Workplace Health and Safety
Q: As a small business owner, what should I be doing to keep my workplace safe as we reopen the business? As states across the country begin lifting shelter in place orders and other restrictive mandates for small businesses, business owners are preparing to re-open and embrace a “new normal.” As business owners make plans…
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Share Your Business’s Story!
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every business in the country, especially small businesses. But in this time of crisis, many have also found creative ways to adapt, with new strategies for managing employees, new approaches to delivering goods and services, and new tactics for reaching out to clients and customers. If that sounds like you,…
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Promoting Wellness for Remote Employees
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the ways businesses connect to their employees in both obvious ways and no-so-obvious ones. That companies need to find ways to manage tasks and communication differently is obvious. But have you thought about your employees’ wellness? Health and safety comes first. With everyone at home, patterns of life have changed,…
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Consultant’s Corner: Additional Funding for the Paycheck Protection Program
Q: How much additional funding was approved for SBA loan programs providing financial assistance in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak? In our previous blog post, we discussed the status of the congressional debate surrounding additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. After approval by both the Senate and the House of Representatives, President Trump…
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Facebook’s Small Business Grants Program
Businesses that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic (that’s practically all of us!) have been looking for financial relief, including SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans, the Paycheck Protection Program, and more. Other organizations have also been stepping up with grants and financial relief programs for small businesses, including a new small business grant program…
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Small Business Survey Round 2
We recently shared the results of a survey conducted among 1,000 small and midsized businesses about how they’ve been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and their outlook for the future. Now that some things have changed, such as the passage of the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program loans, and a few weeks of experience,…
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