Talent Leadership During A Crisis
Talent Leadership During A Crisis
In recent weeks, the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has swept across the globe and caused total upheavals to global economies, employment landscapes, and our personal lives.
It’s been a professionally challenging and emotionally draining time for talent leaders across the board. As CHRO or similarly charged talent leader, you are surrounded by various external and internal reactions. Companies around you are either slashing their workforces or finding ways around doing so. Of course, you know your own people are watching – the news at home, company emails at work – wondering what’s in store for them in the coming weeks.
For talent leaders in some industries (e.g., communications providers, biotech, CPG, bidet manufacturers), the threat of a massive workforce reduction, employee morale plummet, and other nasty outcomes is presumably lessened.
For countless others, it’s an entirely different story.
COVID-19 Resources for Talent Leaders:
For them, it is the time to speak – relentlessly – in terms of the company’s strategic goals for 2020. Whether they are as yet unchanged by the coronavirus, or pivots have already been communicated to internal and external stakeholders, strategic goals are what everything comes back to right now.
Forward thinking thought leaders in people management will stay ahead of the curve by considering these questions – and coming to the next leadership discussion with answers:
How can we facilitate intra-employee support? (e.g., dedicated channel in Slack, Teams, etc.)
In the weeks to come, set a tone of stillness amid the chaos with a thoughtful plan that answers the hot questions but puts your people first.
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