Last week, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19, the novel virus more commonly referred to as coronavirus, a pandemic.
This means employers should take extra precautions to ensure the safety of their employees. Business Insider spoke to executives with experience in disaster preparedness about the exact emergency contingency plan you should devise and share with your workers to keep them happy, healthy, and productive.
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This week we have book recommendations from Melinda Gates, how to successfully work remotely, tips from a former Google and Apple exec, and more.
Melinda Gates recommends these 3 books on mindfulness - and the surprising ways to achieve it. Stillness, vulnerability, and practice go into engaging with the present moment.
With coronavirus causing anxiety for many, now's a great time to practice mindfulness and vulnerability. Melinda Gates has a few great book ideas on the topic. Here's Business Insider's summary of her favorites.
4 tips to make a team's sudden switch to remote work successful if coronavirus panic is shutting your office and forcing everyone to stay home
While cloud-based office tools make it easier to get people out of the office in response to the widening outbreak of the coronavirus, managing remote teams requires a lot more than simply spending more time online.
"It's a mistake to assume you'll continue business in a traditional way via the internet," said Stephanie Nadi Olson, the founder and CEO of We Are Rosie, which provides remote marketing talent to the world's biggest agencies and brands. Olson shared the best practices that she has developed and the problems that can occur when businesses don't equip their teams with the necessary tools and processes.
A former Google and Apple exec says most great employees are either 'rock stars' or 'superstars' - and you can't manage them the same way
Kim Scott has trained execs at Google and Apple - and she's learned that there are two types of high-performing employees. Rock stars want stability, and to keep doing what they're doing; superstars want to keep advancing in the organization. Here's Scott's best advice on how to manage each one.
Companies should create a 'war room' and a coronavirus czar to manage the pandemic panic, a top Bain exec says. Here's what the roles would look like, and how to find the right candidates.
When there's a pandemic, you need a war room. Business Insider recently spoke with Karen Harris, managing director at Bain & Company, on what leaders should do to keep their businesses running. She stressed companies need to appoint a crisis-response team to guide employees through the different phases of coronavirus.
4 entrepreneurs with products stuck overseas reveal exactly how they're keeping sales thriving and revenue flowing as the coronavirus breaks global supply chains
The coronavirus outbreak has shut down factories and workplaces worldwide, impacting the global supply chain at every level. We spoke with four entrepreneurs in the US who have experienced major delays in production. They gave us the strategies they are using to move their companies forward.
The CIO of a major health nonprofit explains how its digital transformation helped prepare it for the coronavirus pandemic
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic could be a major roadblock for digital transformations. But at Providence St. Joseph Health, the epidemic is proving why those efforts are so critical. We talked to CIO B.J. Moore to learn how the hospital chain's tech overhaul is helping it respond to the outbreak.