Unpredictable chaos swept through the small business community in 2020. Amidst all the chaos, many businesses were able to quickly shift and adapt in order to stay afloat, and even thrive. With the benefit of hindsight, we can now look back at one of the most difficult years most of us have ever faced and use those learnings to our advantage. We can do this by identifying trends and applying those trends to our future planning and practices. The next time your business faces challenging obstacles, you will have an advantage knowing you are prepared to adapt quickly to a rapidly shifting landscape. Recognizing future trends will allow you to be proactive in gauging the effectiveness of your policies & procedures, updating your business planning and strategies, and leading effectively during turmoil & constant change.

During this webinar, we will take a holistic view of this year, review it for legal lessons learned, and discuss trends for the future. 2020 included some significant topics, and we want to help prepare your business for success in 2021. We will cover:

• COVID-19’s changes to the workplace, discussing what business owners should have in place following the aftermath of the pandemic, employment considerations, work from home strategies (and formalizing them), trends in leasing, and what we see in terms of employment liability.
• Hiring was also an important topic in 2020, demonstrating the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace, hiring practices to enhance DEI, and hiring practices for a remote workforce.
• Lastly, we will look back at a few laws that either went into effect or were passed in 2020 and how they will impact business owners & business planning.

These takeaways and actions can help prepare you for next year’s obstacles. We look forward to hosting you at our webinar!

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Core values impact how leaders address employees, communicate with their team, and convey empathy in the current workplace environment. Once leaders have identified their core values, how are those values applied to help employees and support the workplace culture? The workplace is adapting to lasting changes set forth by 2020 events that may affect company culture and employee well-being. Employees may be feeling a variety of emotions about the current state of uncontrollable factors. Because of this, business leaders need to make sure company culture stays positive around uniting the workforce and practicing ongoing empathy. Leaders are limited in what we can solve for employees, but they’re unlimited in empathy. We’ll discuss practicing active empathy authentically and drawing from our core values.

Darren Ho of Restored Leader will speak with Michelle Bomberger in this live webinar workshop to identify leadership core values, address helping employees with active empathy, and supporting workplace culture. Participants will follow along with a guided workbook, learning to lead with their core values at home, at work, and in the community. Download the workbook here.

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Protecting your intangible assets is extremely important for any business strategy. Trademarks, copyrights, and patents help to formalize and protect your intellectual property (IP), which can have both an immediate and strategic effect on your business’ position and competitive advantage in the marketplace. If your business relies on creating original content, unique branding, new inventions, or trade secrets, then intellectual property management is a must. We’ll discuss the different types of IP, how to leverage IP, how IP is applied, and how IP builds value and protection for your business.

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