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| | | | | Major Challenges Facing CEO'S During The Pandemic | | The pandemic of 2020 has brought a lot of stress and anxiety for people all over. People owning and running a business are absolutely no exception to that. Trying to stay afloat in a world where people are told to stay home and don’t go shopping unless absolutely necessary.
It is not easy and causes a lot of challenges for keeping a business going. There are many different things the CEO’s are facing right now during this time. Here are a few of the most common challenges that they are facing throughout this uncertain time.
When Is It Safe To Return To Work?
Many places are needing their employees to return to work to keep the business running. Then they have to think about if it is safe. Trying to keep people healthy and safe is the main priority through this whole thing. Places who have the ability to work from home are in a little bit better of a situation, but it is still not exactly the same.
What If Someone Tests Positive?
While it has been said people can return to work, the doors are able to be open, precautions are to be taken, you may still have concerns. As the one in charge, it can be hard to make the decisions that you need to about opening the doors. What happens if someone tests positive? Do we close again, send everyone home, quarantine? Even if all necessary steps have been adhered to, the reality of someone testing positive is a concern. The leadership team has to be prepared for this scenario and have a plan ready to put into action.
Do What You Can To Stay Positive
In these uncertain times keeping up confidence is not an easy task. Employees have just as much stress as those in charge. They're concerned with their health and the risk of contracting the virus and bringing it home to their families. The future of their jobs is on their minds and many other stressors.
When the morale of a company is high it has been shown over and over that production is also increased. Likewise, when morale is down, production tends to decrease as well. Being a leader is tough even when things are good, but given the current conditions leadership positions are even harder. The key to surviving the CEO world in these times is to just keep moving forward. ~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved | | 3 Hiring Tips For Managers In Today's World | | In ght now in today's world, it is extremely hard to be a manager of a business. The worries associates with COVID-19 and all the other craziness going on makes every day challenging. So many people have lost their jobs and are out looking for new ones.
There are so many important things to keep in mind as you continue to bring employees back or starting to hire new ones. With all the uncertainties going on, it can be a lot of stress knowing the right things to do. There are some things you can think about to ease your mind and make it a little easier.
1. Have A Plan
Before you bring in the potential employee, you should already have a plan in place of what is needed and where they are needed. The size of many companies and businesses is needing to be downsized. When you begin to bring employees back, you don’t want to overwhelm things and bring too many back at one time.
Having a written out description of what you want out of the employee will benefit you greatly. Knowing what you can offer the employee in the benefits package will help when interviewing. The potential employee has expectations just as you do.
2. Advertise What You Are Looking For
When you have decided exactly who and what you are looking for in the employee that you hire on, it is time to act on it. In today’s world, you have a multitude of ways that you can advertise a job position being needed. If you want to pay for the advertising, there are companies that can help to find the people looking for jobs.
3. Interview and Hire Your Next Employee
Once you begin to receive resumes, you can start weeding through the ones you want to meet. Deciding on the people that will best fit the position you are needing to fill. Most likely, due to timing, you won’t be able to interview every single person who applies.
It is so easy to preconceive what you want in your mind, trying to get rid of that and see everyone as a blank canvas will help. They may possess the abilities that you didn’t realize you needed. Interviewing people can be intimidating for both parties, and giving them a chance to show you what they can do and offer you may benefit you both.
Do you have some effective hiring tips? Share them today via email. We would appreciate hearing what is working for you.
~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved | | Improve Memory With A 3-Step Technqiue | | This isn’t any fun when you are having trouble with your memory. Even when your memory is great, but you are having a blank moment and struggling. It can drive you crazy. Especially when you are at the store without a written list, but a list that is in your memory.
When you think about the workplace, it is very important to remember the key components of the business. If your memory is lacking when it comes to important information about work, you can start to have some serious problems arise. There are some things that you can do to try and boost your memory.
1. Meditation
The brain is a very complex part of the body. It is where so many things within the body occur. It is where your body gets the signals to perform as it should. Take care of your brain and give it what it needs to keep it working at optimum performance. Meditation is something that is very beneficial to the brain. It can increase blood flow which is so good for brain health. The blood flow that is occurring is going to increase the ability of your memory to retain information.
2. Train Your Brain
There are so many resources that are available for you to help your brain retain more information. Having a problem remembering things can be frustrating and even embarrassing. One way that you can help yourself is by practicing brain games and techniques.
Look for online resources that you can take advantage of and also mental things that you can do to help. When you choose online availability, they are usually a series of repetitive numbers, letters, or patterns to remember. Mentally you can create sayings, stories, or even patterns that you repeat in your head several times to associate things with.
3. Sleep Is A Factor In So Many Things For Your Body
When it comes to the body and the different ailments that we experience, you will be so surprised at how many of them are affected by the amount of sleep that we get. Sleep can benefit you in a tremendous number of ways. Even with our memories. Running on little sleep causes you to be more forgetful and scattered. You don’t have the same amount of concentration and tolerance. When you are well-rested and awake, you are able to think clearer. This will also give you the ability to retain more information.
~ Written for us by our associate Gary Sorrell, Sorrell Associates, LLC. Copyright protected. All rights reserved. | | A Guide To Humor In The Workplace | | Everyone can agree, sense of humor is a good trait in a person. Working with someone who is dry and doesn't laugh much, can make you feel bored or sometimes even nervous to make conversation with them. However, the amount and ways you use your humor in the workplace is important though.
When you think about a leader and their roles they take, you may not think about humor being a good aspect. Everyone should have a sense of humor and be able to laugh at certain things. But, not to the point of needing to involve HR and a list of what not to do’s.
Why Having a Sense of Humor Can Help You at Work
Humor can be one of the main components to success in the workplace. There are so many stressors in today's world that a little bit of humor is a nice break. If you work next to someone who is dry all the time, you should work on helping them let loose a little. It will make for a much more enjoyable day.
Being able to laugh at yourself is a quality that some have. Self-deprecation can show your employees that you understand your own strengths and weaknesses. This can also build trust between you and your employees, making you more relatable.
Keeping Things Professional
While it is great to show you are able to laugh at yourself, joke with employees and keep things light, you want to make sure things still stay professional.
Keeping humor under control is key when doing it professionally. You want to make sure there is a line you don’t cross when it comes to being funny. Making sure to not insult anyone while doing so, discriminating against anyone, or being inappropriate. Even when self-deprecation comes into play, you want to be aware it is just humor and not make too much fun of yourself. ~ Source: Go-Go Tools, Shigehiro Nakamura. Productivity Press, P.O. Box 13390, Portland, OR 97213 | | Virtual Master DISC Training Program
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