Wendy Marx March 15, 2021 Change is inevitable. From starting school, to graduation, to work, to creating new relationships and a new family…and a thousand incidents in between. One major change many people confront is a career pivot — transitioning into a new career, even after many years in the same job. Why is this … Continue reading Career Pivot: How to Emerge Stronger in Your New Career
Tom Whatley November 9, 2020 Back in 2016, I read a book called Sprint by Jake Knapp, founder of Google Ventures. Knapp talks about focusing on only the essential activities for shipping new products and testing new ideas. As advocated in the book, I felt the idea of using restraint would help me quickly execute … Continue reading How to Craft (Or Pivot) Your Agency Value Proposition
David Libby November 2, 2020 To pivot or not to pivot. Is that the question? Depends if you think a startup pivot is a startup failure. I think not. You have a Plan B, right? If you didn’t, the Coronavirus sure made you create one. Long before we were all sheltering in place and eating … Continue reading 3 Golden Rules of the Startup Pivot
Susan Preiss October 26, 2020 When the world hit the pause button in the face of COVID-19, putting our client’s customer care programs on hold wasn’t an option. Days before lockdown became mandatory in the regions where we operate, we were in full swing making the move to a 95% work-at-home model for our entire … Continue reading The Pivot to 100% Remote Training in the Contact Center
Stefan Palios July 17, 2020 Sometimes, the career you loved (or found yourself in) just isn’t working out anymore. You thought it would be more fulfilling or have better prospects, and unfortunately it just doesn’t. Or it’s a great career that you’re ready to move on from. There could be a million reasons why a … Continue reading How to Plan a Successful Career Pivot
Dana Salman July 16, 2020 There’s no doubt that the corona virus pandemic has been hard on small businesses. For example, a survey of 350 U.S. small businesses from different regions and industries, conducted by the Electronic Transactions Association and the Strawhecker Group, showed that 40% of business owners had temporarily or indefinitely closed operations … Continue reading Small Businesses Must Pivot to Succeed
Laura Krajewski — June 9, 2020 Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay Picture this: Every day, your agents come to work to find interactions that totally match their skills. They’re empowered to answer customer questions. And they’re the experts on the needs of your customers. Every person who reaches out gets directed to the agent who knows how … Continue reading Pivot Your Workforce Management Strategies Toward Employee Engagement
Laura Patterson — June 4, 2020 geralt / Pixabay Triggering and unplanned events, like the healthcare crisis, occur. In some instances, we can mobilize and marshal on. Other times, we may find that moving forward requires a strategic business pivot. What does it mean to pivot? In basketball, a pivot maintains your position while … Continue reading How to Know When It’s Time to Make a Strategic Pivot
Shermikia Lemon — May 5, 2020 Things have drastically changed in the recent months due to COVID-19. Business owners are forced to be more creative than ever before to retain customers. There’s no better time than now to really sharpen your knowledge of pivoting in your business. Large corporations in the United States are actively … Continue reading How to Pivot Your Business With Minority Certifications
Celia Quillian — April 10, 2020 Consumers will remember how brands market during the coronavirus outbreak. Realign your marketing strategy for the times with these customer-first suggestions. The spread of the coronavirus has resulted in sweeping changes to the norm, impacting everything from education, to employment, to how we work. Similarly, smart digital marketers are … Continue reading 9 Ways to Pivot Your E-Commerce Marketing Strategy During COVID-19
