Wearing masks and standing 6 feet apart make it harder to communicate. Here are some tips: Have your communication partner’s attention.   Face your partner directly. Ensure nothing is blocking your view.  Talk a little louder. Talk a little slower.  Use your hands and body language.  Ask your partner if he or she understood you. If not, say it differently or write it down.  Move to a quieter place.  Ask if you can do anything to make communication easier for you both.  More

Execs tend to give nonanswers when asked about two things: company performance (especially when it’s been poor) and proprietary information (particularly when competition is fierce).  A Stanford Business article explains why. Read article

A Gartner article states nearly 90% of HR leaders feel their organization has been ineffective or neutral at increasing diversity representation. To overcome that: Go beyond mentoring. Increase representation. Reframe talent processes.  Read article

An article by McKinsey & Co. states that to build organizational resilience and generate value, HR leaders must do four things: Engage more directly and deeply with employees. Let employees bring their "whole person" to work. Spread decision-making across the organization. Expand their view of "talent" across the whole ecosystem. Read article

Nearly 40% of IT decision-makers said the weak link in their cybersecurity efforts is their own CEO.In a virtual workplace, cybersecurity must be a top priority for the C-suite, writes Kem Gay, a senior intelligence analyst at Constella Intelligence in an article for CEO Magazine.  Click for article