HR Managers - how to support your staff during COVID 19
From the early announcements in March about COVID-19 leading into today, employers around the world have had to make tough decisions for their business and people. In these difficult times, strong leadership teams are playing their part to help their employees, without having previous experience in pandemic response. They are relying on their head, hearts, and information available from governments to make the right decisions.
01.Let employees who could work from home do so early on, before shelter-in-place orders came
02.Made sure to have the proper cleaning supplies and PPE for your employees in the field and those who remained in offices, if they could not work from home.
03.Leaders have been working closely with each of their individual teams to accommodate flex scheduling
04.Encouraging connectivity between employees
05.Mindfulness meditations, counseling
06.Provide support, both in and beyond the workplace
07.Maintain regular catch-ups with your team
08.hear from your employees
09.Think about HOW MUCH work needs doing and can be managed at the current time
10.Offer flexibility and be inclusive.
11. Modify policies and practices.
12.show empathy and be available
13.Encourage online training
14.Recognize the impact loneliness and isolation
15.Adjust your sick leave policy for the pandemic
CONCLUSION
If organizations can’t uphold there values during difficult times, then those values didn’t mean much to begin with. Companies are more likely to fail if they can’t support their people through challenges. Employees, candidates, customers, and prospects are taking note of which companies support employee wellbeing and prioritize the employee experience, and which don't.
As challenging and destabilizing as this time has been for HR teams – and for every single human on the planet – HR leaders are facing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to strengthen trust and engagement by showing up for their people and putting culture first.
References
Junker, T.L., Bakker, A.B., Gorgievski, M.J. and Derks, D. (2021). Agile work practices and employee proactivity: A multilevel study. Human Relations, p.001872672110301
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