Laurie Ruettimann: In a Crisis, Lead with Your Humanity
“One thing I’ve seen great organizations do is communicate frequently and often, even if they’re communicating that it’s OK not to be productive.” Laurie Ruettimann knows that businesses must earn their employees’ trust if they’re going to keep their teams...
Jeanne Meister: In a Crisis, Employee Well-Being Is Critical to Your Organizational Health
“The future of work is really the future of worker well-being.” Jeanne Meister knows that employee well-being is critical to organizational health in a crisis. “What I’ve seen with my clients is the acknowledgment that the world has changed and will never be...
Dion Hinchcliffe: To Overcome a Crisis, Engage Employee Ingenuity
“You can conduct a survey or idea submission whereeveryone can discuss a topic and collaborate on theproblems raised.” Dion Hinchcliffe believes that when a major work disruption occurs, business leaders must communicate openly and transparently with the entire...
David D’Souza: Leaders Must Balance Calm with Urgency During a Crisis
“Revisit market data and look at some externalbenchmarking as well. Think as creatively as you can in light of whatever change is affecting the market.”David D’Souza knows that business leaders must achieve a delicate balance if they are to keep their teams productive...
Dave Millner: The Four Pillars of Effective Crisis Leadership
“Transparency of execution is about facilitating betterperformance, looking for continuous improvement,mobilizing change, and helping people make that journey.” In Dave Millner’s experience, high-performing business leaders always excel in four key areas, particularly...
Antonio Vieira Santos: To Navigate a Crisis, Co-Create Solutions to Organizational Challenges
“You want to be able to use the internal intelligence of your employees to address the stage you’re in.” Antonio Vieira Santos believes that it’s essential to maintain open lines of communication with your workforce in times of crisis—from an employee engagement...
Workfront: 8 Experts on Navigating Work Disruption
The book includes insights from the following experts: Antonio Vieira Santos, Atos, Social Media Business Evangelist, Read the article >> Dave Millner, HR Curator, Consulting Partner, Read the article >> David D’Souza, CIPD, Director of Membership, Read...
Tracy Hockenberry: Building a Secure IT Infrastructure for Remote Work
“You must pay close attention to security. Then, you must help your remote workers get past thefrustrations of learning about new technology.”To put together the tools needed to support remote teams, you must pay close attention to security. Then, you must help your...
Robert Sheesley: Maintaining a Work Culture and Employee Engagement
“We’ve taken several steps to address this. One is to move our initiatives tracking towards alignment with our strategic objectives.” A big challenge with that lack of physical closeness is creating a sense of belonging and shared values in the organization. We’ve...
Michael Marschean: The Challenge of Managing a Remote Team
“Managers must manage by measuring output, by what people deliver every day.”The biggest challenge is not a technological one but rather a people-management one.Fortunately, we built and implemented a new infrastructure to better support remote work a month before the...
