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Millennials are Setting Trends in Working From Home Post-Coronavirus

Back in March, the rise of Covid-19 led many companies to extend permissions to employees to work from home. The result? Many organizations learned firsthand the same data that multiple studies have found about employees’ productivity and engagement from home, which points to the evidence that people who are permitted to work remotely are often more productive, more engaged, and more satisfied with their work than their co-workers in the office. One fourth of the U.S. workforce works remotely (before Covid) at least some of the time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Of course, not everyone can do their job from a home office, but with the many online tools and technologies readily available to employers, the resistance to working from home from company leaders, …

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Featured on Poiema Coaching’s Caring Through Covid Lunch n Learn

Earlier this week, I was thrilled to be a featured guest on Piper Harris' Caring Through Covid Lunch n Learn Series! Piper is CEO of Poiema Coaching, a Women's Leadership Success Coaching firm dedicated to empowering women and organizations into heightened leadership. Piper and I met a few months back at a networking event at The Circuit, and we've kept in touch online ever since. When she asked me to come chat about SEO and digital marketing for small businesses and solopreneurs, I gladly accepted. The Caring Through Covid Lunch n Learns have had other incredible guests so far, so I'd absolutely recommend checking those out, too. And Piper is sharing all these valuable resources for free as a way to provide value and offer support during this strange, weird time of …

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Maintaining a Strong Community and Culture, Virtually

Earlier this spring as the world shifted in response to social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, residents and business owners of Cherokee County joined together as a community in a way that we’ve been known to do so many times before.  For almost five years, Young Professionals IN WDSTK has gathered together weekly on Thursday mornings at Copper Coin, with the only exceptions being on holidays or Cherokee-County school closings.  And much like everyone else, after years of in-person gatherings, with approval from IN WDSTK leadership, we were able to pivot and plan weekly meetings via Zoom instead. These Zoom meetings will continue into the weeks ahead as needed, but the amazing thing about YPOW and the community built around Woodstock and Cherokee County is, even if we can’t …

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