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April 9, 2020
5 Quick Tips You Need Right Now
In case you missed it, we’re running a bi-weekly Mastermind group to provide the opportunity for you to get on the horn and talk to other leaders in your same...
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5 Quick Tips You Need Right Now
In case you missed it, we’re running a bi-weekly Mastermind group to provide the opportunity for you to get on the horn and talk to other leaders in your same boat.
Our first call was last week, and we had some great discussion.
Several articles and resources were offered up by several participants. One attendee even shared his company’s Infectious Illness Response Plan and Infectious Illness Report Form.
While I won’t be sharing nuggets from every call here, I thought I’d share a few tips gleaned from our first one.
Ensure employees are receiving consistent information
One attendee discovered that his workforce was receiving inconsistent information from various leaders. Lesson learned in getting it together and having a unified voice before sending information out.
Each manager should develop a remote work plan in partnership with their team
Develop ground rules for email and video chats, for example, and expectations for email response times. Are kids okay? What about pajamas? Wine? (Joking… sort of.)
Communicate with your employees on a daily basis, and at the end of each week
Communication should include updates on the organization and resources for dealing with stress, and show your understanding that work is different.
Good or bad, employees (and customers) are going to remember this experience
Be loyal to your employees now, and they will provide you with stellar service when it’s time to get back to business. Those employers who are still focusing on culture will have an easier time rebuilding.
Fill employee time when work is slow
An employee who used to drive to appointments is now taking them via Zoom. All of a sudden there’s more free time and less hourly pay coming through. These employees could work on learning something new, or take on that project you can’t seem to get to. Don’t be afraid to delegate.
Next week’s topics for Friday, April 17 at 10 am Pacific are:
How can employers keep a focus on and safeguard inclusion during a time when disparate impact is inevitable?What are some cool new ways to recognize staff given the new way of work?Compliance Corner, with our very own Director of Compliance, Kendra Wilson
If you’d like to join us on next week’s and/or any future calls, register here.
Once you register you can attend any of the upcoming calls (or not). We intend to keep going until we don’t need to anymore.
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April 7, 2020
Former American Apparel CEO: 3 Tips for Leading in a Crisis
Chelsea Grayson is no stranger to crisis. She took over as CEO at American Apparel in the midst of a whopper.
Chelsea was general counsel at American Apparel in 2014 when founder/CEO, Dov Charney, was fired from his position for many debacles – including repeated sexual harassment and assault complaints resulting in numerous lawsuits from numerous employees.
Bottom line – She’s got experience diving head first into yucky stuff and has some great advice on leading your people through it.
Watch or listen to our 30-minute interview below. (It’s just our talking head’s, so you can listen to it while you’re driving to the grocery store to pick up hand sanitizer.)
You can check out Chelsea’s website here.
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Former American Apparel CEO: 3 Tips for Leading in a Crisis
Chelsea Grayson is no stranger to crisis. She took over as CEO at American Apparel in the midst of a whopper. Chelsea was general counsel at American Apparel in 2014...
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April 1, 2020
Free Webinar – Compliance, Culture and Communication during Coronavirus
This morning I did a webinar with employment law attorney extraordinaire, Jenna Leyton-Jones, on the topic of, Compliance, Culture and Communication During Coronavirus. Jenna and I tried to provide the most up to date and relevant information we could!
We covered a lot of details about compliance and maintaining a positive culture. Here’s the webinar recording, in case you missed something or need to listen again to all the details.
Catherine also offered up a few items for you.
Template pandemic response plan.Opportunity to participate in free, weekly calls with other leaders, consultants, business owners and HR professionals to discuss challenges and hear what others are doing. You can read all about stuff like this, but talking about it might be more useful! Register here.Our enewsletter if you want to continue to receive more resources about building and maintaining a positive culture, now and into the future. Sign up here.
If you need us, we’re here! Set up an appointment to talk to Catherine here at this link.
Jenna also offered up her legal services at a 20% discount of her normal hourly rate. I suggest taking her up on it before you do anything major, like lay employees off, reduce working hours or work tasks, or attempt to cut pay for an exempt/salaried employee.
Here is her contact information:
Jenna H. Leyton-Jones, Esq.
2211 Encinitas Blvd., 2nd Floor
Encinitas, CA 92024
(858) 208-3550
www.leytonjoneslaw.com
Enjoy!
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Free Webinar – Compliance, Culture and Communication during Coronavirus
This morning I did a webinar with employment law attorney extraordinaire, Jenna Leyton-Jones, on the topic of, Compliance, Culture and Communication During Coronavirus. Jenna and I tried to provide the most...
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March 31, 2020
5 Tips to Resilience in The Face of Adversity
Resilience is defined as the ability to bounce back after adversity. I figured we could all use some reminders on how to build up our resilience, so here are four...
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March 27, 2020
Basics of the The Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act was signed by President Trump on March 18, 2020. COVID-19 and this new law create many HR challenges, such as effectively managing remote employees, ensuring...
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March 26, 2020
8 Tips for Remote Work
As many of us are working remotely these days, we put together a list of eight tips for success. Click here to view the 5 min video. We’re curious to hear...
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March 3, 2020
Resolving Conflict: A Case Study
One of our clients had two employees who were struggling to get along. Both employees were key contributors, and the business owner was desperate for them to resolve their differences....
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