by Devin Sizemore, Area Manager at BBSI As a business owner, situations like COVID-19 can send you into a tailspin. When an unexpected circumstance hits, you tend to redirect your focus and resources towards that situation. COVID-19 has probably taken that to the extreme for you. It is important to slow down and assess your […]
NCET Biz Tips: Effectively Managing Conflict
by Kandis Porter, Founder & Managing Director of Effective Flow Connections Many of us have been testing our conflict management skills recently. We are working in new ways, homeschooling children, spending endless hours sheltering-in-place with family members, and trying to maintain at least six-feet apart from others when we venture into the world to obtain […]
NCET Biz Tips: How Technology Can Help Us in Our Home Offices
by Mike Metzger, Director of Sales for PacStates As the “New Normal” becomes a reality, many of us now find ourselves working from home. While many of us have worked from a home office before, for most it is a strange environment to become productive in. Along with the kids and dogs, the lack of […]
NCET Biz Tips: Your Action Plan for The Economic Recovery
by Marie Gibson Or just the opposite? Are you scrambling to keep up with new requirements in human resources? New levels of communication with clients and customers? Changes in products and services that you’re able to offer? Or maybe you’re one of the lucky ones whose changes in your business haven’t been material. And, maybe […]
NCET Biz Tips: 3 Questions to Ask When Evaluating Virtual Collaboration Tools
by Gabbi Hall, NCET’s VP of Blog Content Last month, in the early days of social distancing and working from home, you may have caught my article with a list of free collaboration tools that make remote work easier. That was just a taste of what’s out there from general communication tools to industry-specific software. […]
How Reno Business Organizations are Pivoting During The COVID-19 Crisis
Original article by John Seelmeyer, This is Reno In early February, if you had talked to someone at the Reno Chamber of Commerce or even NCET, they’d say their role was to connect Nevada businesses, help them manage growth and find great talent. In the wake of COVID-19, the story has changed. Business organizations have […]
NCET Biz Tips: How to Start a Business, Part 1 – Company Description
by Kurt Frohlich, president of Apex Performance Solutions Why think about starting a business NOW? Because it’s an effort that requires lots of planning; so take the opportunity today to start the process and be ready to launch your business when all of this is behind us. The company description provides key details about what […]