{"id":12910,"date":"2022-01-27T16:21:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/?p=12910"},"modified":"2022-02-17T05:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T05:58:25","slug":"3-ways-to-adapt-to-the-post-covid-employment-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/3-ways-to-adapt-to-the-post-covid-employment-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Adapt to the Post-Covid Employment Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12910\" class=\"elementor elementor-12910\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79c39375 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79c39375\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587955ba elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"587955ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df45048 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df45048\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17e2e970\" data-id=\"17e2e970\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e8c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31e8c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we have seen, time and time again, each new wave and variant of the Covid-19 virus is followed by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a massive upheaval of the working world; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fundamentals we once took for granted. It\u2019s safe to say that in a post-Covid world, we won\u2019t be reverting back to the way things were. The following are three central trends that I believe will be dramatically changing (hopefully, for the better):<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb5db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1eb5db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-22-768x448.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12914\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-22-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-22-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-22-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-22.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d59bd81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d59bd81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div dir=\"ltr\"><h3>#1 &#8211; Give your people\u2019s the freedom to choose<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was once a given that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in order to ensure acceptable productivity, employees would n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">eed to clock in and out each day<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Needless to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">say,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> working from home was mostly out of the question. After all, employees <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">needed to be supervised to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensure their salaries <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yielded<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an acceptable output. This outdated paradigm was a direct descendant of the historical means of production and later<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Industrial Revolution.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, this assumption has been proven to be anything but solid. The data is still coming in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work-from-home productivity, but one thing is clear: companies and industries did not crash due to reduced productivity stemming from remote work. In some industries (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">especially those that are knowledge-based<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), it\u2019s likely that overall productivity actually <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.payscale.com\/research-and-insights\/remote-work\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increased<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covid-19, companies were <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">already starting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to rethink \u201ccontrol<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d in terms of managerial supervision over employees. Top-down directives and micro-management w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ere found to be suboptimal to operational <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">models that made room for localized operational autonomy, decentralized decision-making<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and general process democratization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of return<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the office (RTO), those who insist that their employees do so on a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> full-time <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basis will likely experience an exodus of key employees and top talents, leaving them with those who have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fewer <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">employment options in today\u2019s new job market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>What motivated this change?\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reality did. Work<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from home became a health requirement<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Within months, it was clear that it was, in fact, possible to run successful organizations without everybody coming into the office\u2026 even for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">months at a time. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even once it became possible to return to \u201cnormal,\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> employers had lost their<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> former logical high ground,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on a long history of \u201chow things are done<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d This was compounded by the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fact that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">companies that were quick to adapt and offer work-from-home benefits, w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ere able to acquire new talents to their teams<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Soon, the temporary pandemic<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">driven reality became the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;new normal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><strong>What does this mean for your organization?<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helicopter boss<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before Covid-19, then you now need to stop <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">being one immediately. Ra<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ther than overly supervising employees, give them the tools they need to be independent and motivated to succeed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and make sure you hire people who are reliable, self-starters.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-788c7e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"788c7e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-23-768x448.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-23-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-23-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-23-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-23.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684effb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"684effb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>#2 &#8211; Decentralize decision making<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever studied a school of fish swimming in the sea? Or watched in wonder how a flock of thousands of birds move in what seems like a fully choreographed fashion? This is called <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swarm_intelligence\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swarm intelligence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SI) which is defined as the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both natural and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">artificial. It\u2019s almost as if each fish knows <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decision needs to be made at any given moment, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">even though<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> there is no apparent centralized command and control leading the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">school<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if organizations could adopt Swarm Intelligence? How would this affect your company\u2019s ability to execute on its strategy or respond to rapidly and even dramatically changing market conditions (i.e. &#8211; a global pandemic!)?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I believe t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hat the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> days of top-down policy making, centralized decisions, made behind closed doors, and micro-management of employees <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are gone<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. New trends and market conditions must be responded to with lightning speed and extreme uniformity. The only way to do this is by hiring the right people, affording them the right infrastructure and training them as needed \u2013 and then trusting them to do the right things (which includes failing fast and cheap).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>What are your next steps?<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you find that you just can\u2019t let go and trust your people to make decisions, your first order of business needs to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be figuring<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> out which are the weak links in your process (i.e. \u2013 hiring the right people, having the right infrastructure<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providing the right training) and redire<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> more of your attention to getting them right. Micro-managing may yield you shor<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t-<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">term results, but it will gradually drag you and your organization down<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in terms of productivity and overall employee satisfaction.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, make sure that your organization\u2019s DNA is strong and clear, your values transparent and orderly, and your decision tree straightforward<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s up to you to make sure that each department and employee knows what to do at any given point, so that they can act independently and successfully, at all times.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2b2b2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2b2b2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-24-768x448.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12916\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-24-768x448.png 768w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-24-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-24-1024x597.png 1024w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WHAT-24.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b679807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b679807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>#3 &#8211; Cultivate non-functional interactions<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would y<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ou feel about sending an acquaintance of yours, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">someone you haven&#8217;t <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seen or spoken to in several years, the following text message: \u201cHey Julia, long time no speak! I was wondering if I might borrow your car this weekend?\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pretty uncomfortable, right?<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you think about the most meaningful relationships in your personal life, they are based on interactions and interpersonal dynamics that are \u201cnon-functional\u201d \u2013 that is to say, they exist simply because they elicit pleasure, such as<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when spending time together and building positive shared memories. We don\u2019t <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reach out to our friends and acquaintances when we need them for something. If we did only call them when we needed them, it would likely stress the relationship and possibly lead to gradual distancing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> think about the people in your company. When do they reach out to one another? What percent of their interactions are NOT for the purpose of getting something w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ork-related <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">done. \u201cOf course,\u201d you may say\u2026 \u201cIt\u2019s a place of work, not a recreational se<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tting.\u201d That said,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> people are people, at home as well as at work. For them to get along and work well together, they need to have a relationship that goes beyond<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> functional \u201cgive and take<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d That\u2019s why team<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-building activities, company retreats,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and holiday parties are so important.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But now,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> thanks to Covid and the new work from home (WFH) reality,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they don\u2019t even get to hav<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> occasional non-functional interactions in the office corridor, kitchen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> elevator. That\u2019s why it\u2019s crucial to create a \u201cvirtual corridor\u201d that creates windows of opportunity for your people to \u201crun into\u201d each other and have casual, off the cuff, conversations. It\u2019s also worth considering how some of the budgets saved from needing less office space and spending less on travel, can be redirected to periodi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (optimally 2-3 times a quarter) \u201cfun days<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d so<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your people can meet and spend some quality time together. These don\u2019t need to be fancy productions \u2013 even a company picnic or a movie night will do.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homo Sapiens need to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">know and like one another to build the trust they need to work well together<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Few things build this trust as well as simple and frequent non-functional interactions.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Want to ensure your organization adopts these suggestions with success in the post-Covid working world?<\/strong><\/p><p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/ariel-halevi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ariel Halevi<\/a> is a founding partner and CEO at VAYOMAR, a company that specializes in improving performance and decision-making among senior executives, sales teams, and mid-level managers. The author of \u201cYou\u2019re Not Moving Slow Enough: The Unexpected Formula to Lasting Influence\u201d (2016), Ariel focuses on the relationship between emotional intelligence (EQ) and people\u2019s ability to influence others, without exerting authority. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in Government, Strategy, and Diplomacy, and a master\u2019s degree in Counter-terrorism and Homeland Security from Reichmann University.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d844007\" data-id=\"6d844007\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa5914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aa5914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If you liked this article you may find these interesting as well:<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-681d1d9e elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"681d1d9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:35,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15477 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-general category-read category-vayomars-original-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/winter-is-coming\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2345455-300x251.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-15511\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2345455-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2345455-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/vayomar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2345455.png 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vayomar.com\/winter-is-coming\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tWinter is coming &#8211; Strategies that can help you grow even during the budgetary policies of a recession\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Ariel Halevi | 12 minutes They\u2019re cutting your budget and telling you that they still expect you to meet your goals. 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