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If there were any lingering doubts about the necessity of digital transformation to business longevity, the coronavirus has silenced them. With rare exception, operating digitally is the only way to stay in business through mandated shutdowns and restricted activity. It’s go digital, or go dark. With the right approach, businesses can come out of the fray stronger, more agile, and more customer-centric than before. Crisis breeds ingenuity, and good ideas put into practice can propel any business to breakout performance.

Even when there's social distancing, family meetings are still important, maybe even more so to maintain family connectedness and sense of purpose. While connecting through technology can’t fully replace the experience of meeting in person as a family, you can make the experience more intimate. This report will help you organize and conduct a virtual family meeting. Just as successful in-person meetings require goal setting, agendas, and ground rules, virtual meetings benefit from similar planning.

For the first time, more than half of the CEOs surveyed believe the rate of global GDP growth will decline. The finding is compelling because it reflects low confidence in their organization’s outlook, which has proven to be a reliable indicator of both the direction and the level of global GDP growth in the year ahead. Although U.S. CEOs are among the most pessimistic about global growth, they are among the most confident about their own organizations’ growth prospects.

The COVID-19 crisis has tested the acumen of leadership and the agility of organizations in ways never before seen. The opportunity for leaders now is to lock in these new ways of working and transform their workforces so they can accelerate through the turn and emerge stronger from this disruption. This guide contains insights, practical ideas, and checklists on how organizations can balance the health of their organization today while preparing for a future beyond the crisis.

Working remotely is part of the “new normal” in a COVID-19 environment, but to make it work well, you need the right people, the right attitude, and the willingness to take the time to establish the necessary processes, infrastructure, roles, and responsibilities. A family office that has been operating virtually for the past 20 years offers six tips to help make it successful.

In this collection of insights and ideas, learn about the strategies for managing and leading through the COVID-19 crisis. The insights will help you lead through and beyond the crisis, dealing with the immediate issues and looking toward the opportunities for recovery. Topics include leadership, cost optimization, virtual learning, talent management, career transition, sales effectiveness, rewards and benefits, and change management.

Location, location, location. Across the world, companies are building innovation hubs and training and educational centers closer to their clients in a bid to cocreate and deliver new services in real time. While companies may appreciate the often lower-cost labor of outsourced work, many executives are beginning to understand that the speed, agility, and flexibility of developing close-proximity partnerships can have far more benefits. In today’s digital world, where you compete is just as important as how you compete.

Social distancing drives a great need for virtual work, including in the area of assessments. Until the advent of technology that enabled remote simulations, in-person leadership simulation assessments comprised of interviews, tests, and a variety of live interactive business simulations. In this report, two case studies highlight the robustness of executing leadership simulations virtually.

Technology is a growing part of everyday life. It’s hard to imagine going even a day without it. However, creating a home in which technology serves the homeowner, and not the other way around, takes a great deal of planning and forethought. There are five ways that can help integrate technology into your home and create experiences that simplify and enrich your life.

Investors are more concerned and educated about cybersecurity than ever before. With more money and competition all around, asset management firms are increasing their focus on cybersecurity to meet market pressure and consumer demand. To be effective, cybersecurity leaders must be able to assess technology risk across ever larger and more complex ecosystems. Firms can leverage investments in talent and technology to differentiate cybersecurity operations, which will help attract and retain clients.