Benefits of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace
There are many, many benefits for a business to become more diverse. Here are eight key reasons why your organization should embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. 1. Increased profits Several studies have shown that companies with a diverse…
Respect in the Workplace: Why it’s Crucial
Bullying, harassment, abuse, and discrimination can hurt a business. These behaviors can result in low employee morale, decreased quality of work, reduced productivity, a hostile work environment, absenteeism and higher usage of sick leave, increased workers’ compensation claims,…
How Your Micromanaging is Hurting You and Your Business
There’s a meme that says: “I hire professional staff, then micromanage them until they walk out the door.” This illustrates the negative impact that micromanaging can have on a business. And it’s only one of the many damaging…
Vendor Management: An essential in today’s business world
Every business owner wants their company to be the best it can be. And one way to ensure a business is indeed the best it can be, is to properly manage the vendors. Vendors are the individuals and…
Building Your Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence: What’s New
Building Your Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence is the latest update of Velsoft’s courseware offerings. Originally called Building Your Self-Esteem and Assertiveness Skills, the name of the softskills course was changed for two main reasons: Only one session deals with…
What you need to know about Delivering Dynamic Virtual Presentations
By now, most of us in the business world are familiar with Zoom or other video conferencing platforms. If video conferencing wasn’t something we used before March 2020 when much of the world was locked down due to…
Ensuring Success with Remote Work
The COVID-19 pandemic brought remote working into the spotlight as many of us – forced to isolate to keep the spread of the coronavirus to a minimum – began doing our paid work from home instead of at…
Cybersecurity: Defense Against the Dark (Cyber) Arts
In J.K. Rowlings’ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor often tells students to practice “constant vigilance.” Always being on guard or on high alert is also a good mantra for…
Dressing for Success
If you’re like me, since the response to the COVID-19 pandemic forced many of us to begin working at home, you’ve been wearing yoga pants or sweats with a t-shirt and hoodie (maybe even pajamas!) to work. A friend…
Microsoft 365 Teams helps at-home workers collaborate
Chat-based communication and collaboration platforms such as Microsoft 365 Teams have seen an increase in use since many people were required to work from home due to restrictions intended to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Microsoft…
Training during a pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, and our world changed. While different jurisdictions have reacted in a variety of ways, the WHO advised that among other measures to protect against contracting…
How to cope with working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic
As countries around the world are issuing stay-at-home orders to help slow the spread of COVID-19, many of us are now working from home. I wrote this piece to pass along to my co-workers – the real ones…