Dallin Nelson

1 month ago | businessmanagementdaily.com | Dallin Nelson

Remember when VoIP was the next big thing and internet-based phone calls were the future? My, how things have changed… The last decade has seen some of the most significant business transformations in history due mainly to the supremacy of cloud-based data (as evidenced by Apple’s ever-decreasing laptop ports). The ability to do business anywhere led to remote work, which led to international teams, which led to gig work, and so on.

2 months ago | businessmanagementdaily.com | Dallin Nelson

Business management isn’t hard; it’s complex. Any business facet is easy enough to understand—reducing operating costs, keeping turnover low, making clients happy, increasing profitability, etc. However, the challenge that business managers face is balancing each of these tasks within the context of keeping a company afloat. That’s hard. Say you need to reduce quarterly bonuses for some reason. Employees who don’t like your choice of cuts might leave to find a different job.

2 months ago | businessmanagementdaily.com | Dallin Nelson

There’s a right way and a wrong way to communicate virtually. USING ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, for example, usually comes off as being upset. “Unnecessary scare quotes” hint at cryptic meanings too awkward to spell out, leaving others to guess what you mean. Long, comma-heavy sentences, meant to convey everything that you and others like you might want to say, can quickly exhaust or confuse readers, preventing them from wanting to understand your message fully.

2 months ago | businessmanagementdaily.com | Dallin Nelson

Great organizations know how to find a place for every kind of brain. They typically achieve this by cultivating talent, but they can also do it by finding ways to inspire people who don’t fit the traditional mold of expert or leader. This takes creativity. What do you do with someone whose work style and personality don’t fit in? Isn’t it easier to swap them out for somebody better? Situational leadership says no.

Jan 16, 2025 | businessmanagementdaily.com | Dallin Nelson

In 2019, about 73 percent of survey respondents said working remotely positively affected their well-being. In 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics also correlated remote work with productivity. Throw in the fact that more and more business tools are hosted in the cloud—free of the limitations of physical, in-person office environments—and suddenly remote work looks like a competent method of doing business. Maybe we’re crazy, but does anybody see a downside to working remotely? Well, maybe.