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On this episode of The Small Business Radio Show…
SEGMENT 1 with Stacy Adams, starting at 0:00: The pandemic has forced new rules in the workplace that will shock you, including office taboos that have suddenly become OK at work. Here to explain it all is Stacy Adams.
SEGMENT 2 with Steven Hassan, starting at 18:15: Disinformation is all over the internet and the media and it’s hurting every small business and every small business customer. How did this happen and what do we do?
SEGMENT 3 with Tarin Calmeyer, starting at 39:30: The health of your employees must be your corporation’s chief concern. With the stress of covid-19 and working from home, we have to care now more than ever. Tarin presents techniques to help take care of your employees.
More on each segment below.
Segment 1: Stacy Adams is dedicated to helping companies communicate better as part of her role at Vyond, a video animation software company that supports businesses in easily creating corporate videos. She is passionate about the power of video storytelling and believes in its unique ability to bolster corporate learning and communications.
1:15 – What affect has covid had on the workplace?
2:30 – The new rules of the workplace: We’ve heard of the “death of the 9 to 5”, but the pandemic has impacted more than just how employees structure their days.
4:30 – Once taboo subjects like politics and religion have suddenly become OK at work.
7:45 – The rise of remote work is making workplace romances more acceptable.
9:30 – Employees want flexibility in when and how they consume company communications and training.
12:00 – Are we ever going back to five days a week in the office?
Segment 2: Steven Hassan is the author of “The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control.”
18:15 – How did we get here?
20:15 – How did Trump attach himself to cult groups, or vise versa?
23:30 – Does this stem from financial corruption?
25:30 – Why are people attracted to things that are not true?
27:00 – We’re living in a digital age that’s manipulating us.
28:15 – How to reconnect to friends, family members, or colleagues who are divided over politics.
32:45 – Facts and truths matter.
34:45 – How likely is it that Trump will run again for public office? Or that another Trump-like figure will step up?
Segment 3: Tarin Calmeyer is the South African-American CEO and founder of the world’s first virtual corporate wellness company, Remote Team Wellness. After 10 years of teaching yoga, mindfulness and movement around the world, she founded Remote Team Wellness to support the thousands of companies shifting to virtual with remote team retreats, and corporate wellness coaching. To date, the company has clients like Facebook, L’Oreal, COFACE and shows no sign of slowing down.
39:30 – With the stress of covid-19 and working from home, we have to care now more than ever about employee wellness.
41:45 – What is a wellness facilitator?
43:30 – What is a virtual wellness retreat?
46:45 – What exercises have been most effective to help companies care for their employee’s wellness?
48:45 – What kind of investment should a company expect to make in a virtual wellness retreat?
50:15 – Remote work isn’t going anywhere, so these are skills we have to have.
