One in four women has reportedly either considered or have had to downshift their careers OR left the workforce altogether due to COVID 19. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 2.3 million women have exited the workforce compared with 1.8 million men. In...
When the pandemic hit and millions of people started working from home, PRC CEO Tara Powers was called on immediately to share her experience and expertise with virtual teams and virtual leaders. One of those calls was from Wiley Publishing. After the success of Powers’ book...
Has there ever been a more perfect time to talk about resiliency? The global pandemic has created havoc in the business world -- we are living a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) environment every day. To say leaders need to be resilient these days is...
It’s been a roller-coaster these past five months and it shows no sign of letting up. As experts in remote work, the response to the coronavirus pandemic has dominated our work. It has also allowed us to share our extensive experience and support the new, often...
To say that 2020 is not what we thought it would be is a massive understatement. Over the past three months, we’ve all been thrust into the world of remote work. In many cases, it hasn’t been ideal, but it is the new normal. Even if...
It’s no surprise that last month’s Boulder Start-Up Week, the annual week-long celebration of entrepreneurship, was held virtually this year. So it’s apropos that the organizers asked PRC CEO Tara Powers to present on Day One about Strategies for Working Virtually. Under the title of “Emerge...
It’s all about the stories. Our origin stories, the stories told in our own voices. The stories that inspire and inform. Telling stories of inspiration is the philosophy behind the content in VoyageDenver’s online magazine. As they put it, “we’ve had the privilege to connect...
Teambuilding is important for any team, and even more so for all the new virtual teams on quarantine. Working on a virtual team can be isolating and due to the pandemic, many teams have been asked to work virtually with very little preparation. In our experience...
We know there are a lot of you who are experiencing remote work for the first time. Maybe it’s going smoothly, but chances are you’ve had some bumps along the way. It’s pretty clear that this home-based workforce will be in place for weeks or...
The latest report from Gallup asks, Is Working Remotely Effective? Their answer is a definite YES. Well, we couldn’t agree more. Yes, remote work can be a true win-win-win, if companies provide the right support and training for the leaders and teams. In our work, we can...