If your organisation values your people! then it’s essential that it does not go down the one-size-fits-all strategy as this could have longer term impacts on your workforce! your reputation! and your ability to retain and attract diverse talent in the future.It’s ok to feel ok: working through your moods in a pandemic
5 May 2020
We are all feeling some very strong at the moment! notably:
loneliness and anxiety
positive feelings of pride! especially for the NHS and our key workers
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But how do you manage these emotions! within yourself and your team?
Although many of us are keeping in touch via video links! getting a sense of why every business should consider personalized digital marketing our people are coping is much harder without observing someone’s body language and behaviour during a typical working day.
Brendan Barber
Chair of Acas! memorably described mental health as the ‘new landscape czechia businesses directory all live in’. Imagine a manager looking out of their window at the current landscape for their own teams. What would they see? Our own managers at Acas are telling us that they see colleagues in all sorts of difficult situations:
“my elderly mum has moved in with me”
“my daughter has OCD and can’t stop washing her hands”
“my knee surgery has been cancelled and I’m struggling to exercise at all”
“my wife has cancer and I am terrified for her safety”
“I’m sharing the kitchen table with my kids as they do their schoolwork”
Managers need to keep a watchful eye on all their staff and offer more in-depth support for the most vulnerable! particularly those with pre-existing mental health conditions. Acas advisers recommend keeping ‘Wellness Action Plans’ to help create and maintain positive coping mechanisms.