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Is Your Company Preparing For Layoffs? With the recent spate of company layoffs, job cuts loom large in employees' consciousness these days. There's even been talk that the quiet quitting phenomenon has abated as employees fear for their jobs. How can you tell if your organization is prepping for layoffs? There are obvious signs, like a memo from the CEO announcing a push for efficiency. Or the hiring of a consulting firm known to specialize in process improvement, efficiency, or cost savings. Or the departure of some of the firm's top-level executives. There are also more subtle signs that a company is readying itself for layoffs. Here are four that are easy to spot (once you know what to look for). #1: Hints In Earnings Reports And Other Communications Companies are notoriously bad at communicating openly with employees, especially about the challenges the company is facing. In Leadership IQ's study, The Risks Of Ignoring Employee Feedback, we discover...

The Big Tech companies—such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon—are frequent subjects of headlining news stories, both for reasons they’re proud of and for occasional blunders. All this attention on these industry giants isn’t just valuable (or embarrassing) press attention for them—it’s also an ongoing, practical learning experience for smaller companies. Keeping on top of and learning from the high-profile “lessons” Big Tech provides on topics ranging from the user experience to data protection can be a boon for smaller tech companies navigating a highly competitive industry. Below, 14 members of Forbes Technology Council share both clear and less obvious lessons every tech company can learn from Big Tech. Members of Forbes Technology Council share valuable lessons smaller tech companies should learn from Big Tech’s example.  1. Constantly Measure Customer Impact Most startups work in an ad hoc way, in which features are developed based on intuition. Converse...