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AI Tools for Small Business Growth: Level Up Your Business Quickly & Efficiently

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Artificial intelligence usage is growing at a blistering pace. According to a recent Boston Consulting Group Center for Customer Insight Survey, over 75% of respondents have used ChatGPT or another AI service. As AI becomes more readily available and accessible to the broader public, there’s a subset of that group that cant ignore AI either: small business owners.

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Laid-Off or Let Go? Here Are 7 Immediate Steps for Your Career, Finances and Personal Growth

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My husbands layoff from a startup company came nine weeks after we had our third child. Since Id relinquished my part-time work at the end of my pregnancy, he was our sole financial provider. His company offered him a one-month severance, so we hoped he might secure a new job quickly. However, when he received an offer within the month, my husband opted to keep looking because the work didnt align with his skill set or values.

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Accountability in Leadership: Why It Matters and How To Foster It

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For leaders to be effective, creating trust among team members is critical. One way to do this is by establishing a culture of accountability. In this culture, not only do leaders hold their employees accountable, but leaders must also be accountable themselves. This can show up in many ways, from taking responsibility when things don’t go as planned to acknowledging when others have stepped up and performed well.

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What Can We Learn from LA’s Community Efforts to Rebuild after the California Fires?

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The wildfires in Los Angeles from Jan. 731, 2025, forced approximately 180,000 residents to evacuate and destroyed around 10,000 homes. This devastation marks the most destructive natural disaster in the citys 243-year history. But its in challenging moments like these that we find the opportunity to unite and genuinely show our shared humanity. These experiences remind us that coming together really can make a huge difference.

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Cutting Ties Without Breaking Bonds: How Managers Can Conduct Layoffs and Still Keep Company Culture Thriving

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Layoffs can be destabilizing to company culture. Leaders have to make painful decisions about which staff to let go in order to keep the company competitive (or even afloat) during change. But if cuts are implemented incorrectly, they can cripple trust between management and employees, with staff wondering if theyre next or whether the company they work so hard for even cares about their well-being.

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U.S. Retail Layoffs Surge: Smart Career and Business Moves to Adapt

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As U.S. retail companies implement widespread layoffs to reduce expenses, major players such as Starbucks , Kohls and Forever 21 are following suit. The rising instability in consumer-sector employment raises pressing questions about long-term labor market trends and the strategies workers must adopt to remain resilient. Layoff wave hits Kohls, Forever 21, Chevron and others Retail companies often lay off staff as a strategy to reduce costs and boost profitability.

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The Power of Enough: Finding Joy in Your Relationship With Money

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For decades, I have been exploring an essential question: Why do we have so much and yet feel so poor? This question took on a life of its own during my two-year stint working in Indigenous villages in Oaxaca, Mexico. It struck me that the people I was working with seemed a lot happier than many of the people I knew back in the United States. I asked the men and women of the village what wealth meant to them.