Here’s news you can use in a constantly changing business environment, including changes in Michigan manufacturing to support electric vehicles, ways employers can make childcare more affordable, how to speak to anyone with ease and more.

1. Michigan manufacturing transitions — Electric Vehicles (EVs) and other items that use lithium-ion batteries are behind the evolution of Michigan’s manufacturing sector and communities are competing to host battery factories. Learn more about Michigan’s future of electrification.
2. Make childcare more affordable — The MI Tri-Share Child Care program, a public-private initiative, divides childcare costs between parents, their employer and the state. Discover how some employers are using the statewide program to attract and retain employees.
3. Win-win for employers and employees — The U.S. surgeon general says when organizations invest in the mental health and well-being of their employees, two things happen. First workers are better off. Second, productivity, retention and creativity increase.
4. Speak to anyone with ease — Post-COVID meetings and presentations have resulted in anxiety for many folks, even those with extensive speaking experience. Discover how to unlock the key to speaking to anyone with ease.

5. Approach your business like an artist — True artists don’t set out to create an exact copy of something that already exists. Likewise, business owners should honor the vision they had for their business when they first launched. Learn how artists approach their work so you can apply the same principles to increase your business’s growth trajectory.

Thank you to our Friday Five sources: Grand Rapids Business Journal, MiBiz, PBS News Hour, Fast Company and Entrepreneur.

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