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The Future of Drones and Where the Market Currently Stands
If you were to gauge the market for drones solely on recent media headlines, it would be easy to come away with mixed messages. In August, Bloomberg reported that a period of hype surrounding drone tech is beginning to wane and startups in the sector are failing....
8 Strategies to Set Up Remote Work During the Coronavirus Outbreak
“Yesterday, we moved our company to a fully remote team in response to the COVID-19 threat. Now I’m the CEO of a company where I see zero people on my team. Every single day. ” Those are the words of one leader who is taking action and doing what’s best for employees....
Coronavirus: Are You Liable if Your Employees Test Positive?
Now that the coronavirus has spread to United States residents, employers across the country are on high alert. And rightfully so. The coronavirus is a family of viruses named for crownlike spikes on their surfaces. Some strains can infect people and animals and cause...
Constructing A Contingency Plan For Coronavirus
Drafting Construction Contracts to Address Potential Risks and Impacts from Infectious Disease.Parties to large commercial and residential construction projects typically enter into complex contract agreements that lay out each party’s rights and responsibilities in...
Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Second Order Thinking
When we seek to intervene in any system created by someone, it’s not enough to view their decisions and choices simply as the consequences of first-order thinking because we can inadvertently create serious problems. Before changing anything, we should wonder whether...
Effective Communication: 6 Aggressive Habits Harming Your Communication
One of the more difficult tasks of public speaking is finding the right balance between portraying competence and warmth. Sometimes in an effort to be strong and persuasive, we just come off looking and sounding like jerks. So we need to be aware of the communication...
Are You Leading the Culture of Your Organization, or is Culture Leading You?
Lead Change is a leadership media destination with a unique editorial focus on driving change within organizations, teams, and individuals. Lead Change, a division of Weaving Influence, publishes twice monthly with SmartBrief. Today's post is by Janet L. Szumal and...
Are You Leading for the Right Reasons?
Patrick Lencioni has penned another leadership fable that follows the discussion of two CEOs getting to the bottom of why they lead and the results they are getting from their two different mindsets. The Motive is classic Lencioni, with plenty of let’s-get to...
Who Will Bear the Risk and Cost for Coronavirus Construction Delays? A Contractual Analysis.
As the Coronavirus spreads across the globe, its impact continues to disrupt many industries, including construction. Over the last twenty years, the construction industry in the United States has substantially increased its reliance on China as a supplier for all...