Post-pandemic reality
Daily Herald • September 14, 2022
Lavelle keynote speaker at Good Morning Schaumburg
From remote working to quiet quitting, the new realities of business leadership in a post-pandemic world were addressed Tuesday before members of the Schaumburg Business Association by the founder of Schaumburg-based Lavelle Law.
With all deference to The Who and the British band’s hit “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” Kerry Lavelle said the new boss is no longer the same as the old boss.
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