Coaching Through COVID — Managing People During Coronavirus

Sep 23, 2020 25 min read In: Leadership Tags: company culture, crisis leadership, crisis management, leadership, management, workplace By: robertkovach 0 Comment

Around the world, 2020 is going to be remembered as extraordinarily difficult. The coronavirus pandemic has passed the six-month mark, and impacted millions around the world. Sadly, it’s not only not over, it’s very possibly going to have another wave this autumn. With a vaccine months away, at best, we have to learn to live with COVID-19 as a new way of life, not an event to get past. In our work lives, that affects a lot of how we do things. Managing people during coronavirus, for example, is now largely done remotely. And we need to do

Finding Real Talent Virtually: Interviewing During Coronavirus

Aug 12, 2020 23 min read In: HR Tags: crisis leadership, crisis management, hiring, hiring strategy, interviewing, talent mix By: robertkovach 0 Comment

While many companies are suffering difficult financial circumstances during the pandemic, there are of course, still organisations recruiting, interviewing and hiring. And while interviews by videoconference are hardly new, for many an entirely virtual process is not the typical process. So how do you adjust interviewing during coronavirus? How do you maintain standards to ensure quality candidates, but accommodate the realities of social distancing?

Never Waste a Crisis — Shifting to Long-Term Digital Transformation During Coronavirus

Jul 22, 2020 30 min read In: Workplace Tags: crisis leadership, crisis management, digital era, digital transformation, leadership, technology By: robertkovach 0 Comment

Most days organisations don’t make long-term, enterprise-wide decisions based on current events. But these are not most days. The coronavirus has shifted from an unexpected, life-altering, abrupt event, to a universal, dominant, ongoing presence in our lives. In fact, “presence”, understates it. It has become the lens through which we see most of our decisions. If there is a silver lining to world events this year, it might be that necessity has not only bred invention but provided the platform for long-term digital transformation during coronavirus. For businesses everywhere, digital transformation begun during coronavirus was employed as a

What to Do About Corporate Culture During the Pandemic

May 28, 2020 28 min read In: Workplace Tags: company culture, company teams, corporate culture, corporate social responsibility, crisis management, culture, teamwork By: robertkovach 0 Comment

During these difficult times, there’s constant anxiety on both a personal and professional level. Everyone is on high alert about their own health, as well as their loved ones. For those negatively impacted economically, there’s fear about making rent and paying bills. And for those still working, many are trying to adjust to an office job performed from a kitchen table or the living room sofa. But individual responses to the coronavirus aren’t the only change in the current environment. There’s also pressure on organisations to find ways to adjust. Some companies are considering permanently switching to remote

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Coaching Through COVID — Managing People During Coronavirus

Finding Real Talent Virtually: Interviewing During Coronavirus

Never Waste a Crisis — Shifting to Long-Term Digital Transformation During Coronavirus