Start planning now!
To begin, we opened with a question and the response was âI was conned!â. You know youâre in for a very candid evaluation of the state of the world. This week we invited Liz Dowling to the show to talk about her thoughts on a post-pandemic business landscape. Opening the show, she says, âwhat we have to remember, is that every single person is experiencing something different at the moment. In the form of grieving, loneliness, and personal challenges”.
We fast forward, to the time when returning to the office becomes a reality. Liz thinks ânot a lot of people are going to want to jump onto public transportâ and âget back into their normal lifeâ. With the prospect of a continued level of social distancing, until we have a vaccine, this could lead to âpeople being completely overwhelmedâ.
On the subject of, remote versus office-based working post-pandemic. She thinks âyouâre going to need to create a hybridâ. As some employees might want to return to the office as soon as possible. Some âmight be scaredâ. As Business Leaders she thinks âitâs really important to recognise that and also start planning for that nowâ. Liz also thinks that posing the question, âhow do you want to come back to workâ will be key to understanding your employeesâ mindset when we finally come out of lockdown.
Whatâs the end result?
In addition, talking about companies ability to pivot into a purely digital working model. Liz tells us the âpandemic is going to enable us to get our infrastructure in placeâ as âwe have been going on about digital transformation for years!â. As Zoom slowly becomes a recognised adjective, does this mean more change for the world of recruitment?
We move onto the subject of measuring productivity. Her opinion shifts focus and she tells us, âwe going to see a lot of technology from other sectors come into our [recruitment] spaceâ. Liz goes further to state; âI donât think there are many businesses measuring productivity in an efficient way in terms of quality versus quantityâ.
In summary, her advice for businesses and leaders. Liz says âeveryone works in different ways, and if you really want to create a diverse workforce, you have to enable peopleâ. In short, âyou need to get out of the way and let your people fix this and trust themâ and she warns, âif you donât have that trust and empathy – you wonât survive!â.
If that wasnât enough, youâll hear Liz talk about:
- Investing in communication training
- Using the lockdown to prepare for post-pandemic workspaceÂ
- Itâs time to review your productivity frameworkÂ
- Is this the end of presenteeism?
- Identifying opportunities as HR and Recruitment teams
- How can you virtually on-board people and make them feel the culture
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