What does the COVID-19 Vaccine Mean for Companies Throughout the Nation?

December 1, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Doctor with blue gloves holding Covid-19 Vaccine with needle

What does the COVID-19 Vaccine Mean for Companies Throughout the Nation?

In the past week and a half Pfizer and Moderna have announced their COVID vaccines have proven 95% effective.

“It’s just as good as it gets — 94.5% is truly outstanding,” Fauci told CNN. According to Biopharma Dive, “no vaccine has ever been developed so quickly, never mind manufactured for the world. The goal, at least in the U.S., is have a vaccine ready for use in some fashion by the end of the year, or early next.”

Business Sight’s ‘Visionary Leaders at Forefront of Entrepreneurship 2020’ Honors Flex HR

November 16, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Business Sight’s ‘Visionary Leaders at Forefront of Entrepreneurship 2020’ Honors Flex HR

Business Sight chose Jim Cichanski, Flex HR’s Founder and CEO as one of their “Visionary Leaders at the Forefront of Entrepreneurship 2020.” The article emphasizes Flex HR’s stellar business consulting and outsourcing services, their competitive edge over competitors and holistic full-service human capital offerings.

6 Ways Businesses Can Honor Veteran’s Day

November 11, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

6 Ways Businesses Can Honor Veteran’s Day

Veteran’s Day falls on November 11 each year, and while most companies do not have this day off, recognizing veterans at work is the great opportunity for the workplace to thank and honor those that have served our country. Originally called “Armistice Day,” this commemoration, was first held on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of World War I.

Helping Businesses Navigate the COVID-19 HR Challenges

November 4, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Helping Businesses Navigate The HR Challenges of Covid-19

Helping Businesses Navigate the COVID-19 HR Challenges

Ten months into the COVID-19 pandemic, companies are under unprecedented stress with challenges to keep their business afloat and their employees safe and productive.

In spite of the barrage of federal and state attempts to provide assistance to small and medium size companies, the daily dissemination of conflicting information about the pandemic, and the pressures placed on management by their employees for guidance and direction concerning their job security and health in the workplace; many employers are struggling to make appropriate and sound decisions to successfully guide their company through this difficult period. Thus, Human Resource experts have never been more valuable than right now to help navigate these varying new work environments.

Create a Desirable Compensation Plan

November 2, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Creating Desirable Employee Compensation Plans

Create a Desirable Compensation Plan

Most business owners realize the importance of a desirable compensation plan and admit that their employees are their company’s greatest assets. However, few reinforce this statement by investing in the development of effective rewards programs that align employee performance with key business objectives.

Design A Successful HR Strategy For Returning To Work During The Pandemic

August 5, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

HR Strategy for returning to work during a pandemic

Design A Successful HR Strategy For Returning To Work During The Pandemic

Companies of all sizes are incessantly adapting to varying new working environments as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on businesses throughout the U.S. We are excited to share Flex HR’s article “How to Design A Successful HR Strategy For Returning To Work During Pandemic” which has been featured by ITB Partners. This piece outlines the importance of workplace flexibility and communication in order to overcome new office challenges as employers and their employees to return to the workplace.

Company Restoration in the New Normal – 5 C’s Restoration Strategy Conclusion

June 11, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Company Restoration in the New Normal – 5 C’s Restoration Strategy

By: Guest Writer Donald H Turner, Serial Turnaround and Growth Executive

We are in our last installment of “Company Restoration in the New Normal.” I hope you are finding it informative and it is prompting some of your own thoughts about what to expect as we conduct business in this new world, we have found ourselves.

Company Restoration in the New Normal – 5 C’s Restoration Strategy

June 1, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Company Restoration in the New Normal – 5 C’s Restoration Strategy

By: Guest Writer Donald H Turner, Serial Turnaround and Growth Executive

In Part 2, we discussed the underlying factors of the New Normal that will force a more intense way of looking at fixing companies that have been broken by this global calamity. Building off of Restructuring and Turnaround approaches, we identified the increased difficulty and complexity associated under the New Normal and introduced the concept of “Restoration.” Restoration efforts will require fixing distressed businesses in an environment where not only they themselves, but their entire marketplace – customers, suppliers, lenders, etc – are distressed also.

Flex HR Atlanta Participates in the GNFCC North Fulton HR Forum: Re-engaging Employees

May 22, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Flex HR Atlanta Re-Engaging Employees GNFCC North Fulton HR Forum

Flex HR Atlanta Participates in the GNFCC North Fulton HR Forum: Re-engaging Employees

The pandemic-induced business environment has created a host of unique HR challenges, including managing work at home employees, interviewing and hiring virtually, and providing a safe environment for employees returning to the workplace.

Five leading North Fulton-based HR professionals contributed to a GNFCC HR Forum panel discussion on these topics and much more. The host of “The GNFCC 400 Insider” is GNFCC CEO Kali Boatright, and the show is presented by the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce and produced by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX®. Business RadioX is the Media Sponsor for this series of Economic Recovery Forums.

Company Restoration in the New Normal – Not Restructuring, but Restoration

May 18, 2020by Flex HR Flex HR No Comments

Company Restoration in the “New Normal” – Not Restructuring, but Restoration

By: Guest Writer Donald H Turner, Serial Turnaround and Growth Executive

In Part 1, we identified some of the more important characteristics that will be driving the New Normal. In this discussion we will focus on how business professionals should be looking to respond to the New Normal.

First and foremost, it is clear that many companies are and will be faced with survival, pure and simple, doing whatever they can do today to ensure they are in business tomorrow. This is a reality that must be dealt with. Some will make it, many won’t.

That aside, if the company has enough ‘liquidity runway’ to reenter the marketplace than the question is how? As we return to the world of commerce, it will be clear to all involved that is not going to be business as usual.