Strong Leadership is essential in normal business conditions but is even more so during the Storm.
Your employees are your key assets – ensuring they feel valued all the time will be critical for your future success. Here are some tips for ensuring you are acting ethically and leading in any situation:
Be Transparent
- Share your vision
- Be optimistic about the opportunities that are in front of you all
- Be open. Don’t be afraid to say that you don’t have all the answers
- Don’t overload your team with too much information which may become
overwhelming - Celebrate successes, however small
Involve the Team
- Set up a Facebook Group, Microsoft Teams area or similar space to keep
everyone communicating with each other - Hold daily virtual “huddles”
- Brainstorm ideas with them – you will find they will have some creative
thoughts - Get the team to share stories of what they’re doing to keep busy and positive –
potentially share your thoughts with them (see below)
Show Compassion
- Demonstrate you care. Simply acknowledging that this is a difficult time for
people and asking how they are coping is an important first step - Ask what can you do to support? It may be nothing, but simply asking shows
you care - Some employees will be affected more than others, dealing with such issues as
family healthy, job insecurity, or supporting front-line key workers. Respect that
everybody’s situation is unique to them - Be mindful that individual circumstances may change quickly due to health
issues, childcare provision, home-schooling, etc. - Recognise that working from home is likely to be new and uncomfortable for
many. It is unreasonable to expect employees to be available all day every day
during these times
