With the health crisis keeping people distant, how do you make a group of remote workers feel like a team? The onset of COVID-19 has changed many of our beliefs on work and what is needed to get work done. While a large majority of employees have never been more stressed, more than half feel like they are ready for it. People will always be able to adapt to their surroundings and situation. But can your organization? How will you redefine what you do and why you do it? How will you help your employees continue to do their jobs at a high level and continue to live their lives? The meaning of the word “employee” is changing, and it’s never been more important to be honest and open.
One healthcare company was extremely focused on the people they employ to provide care to their patients and understood the huge weight of responsibility their team was bearing during the pandemic. To maintain their positive, talent-focused culture, they implemented a strong engagement and communication plan. Daily surveys captured feedback on how supported the team felt, how they were managing their personal lives through this crisis, and how the company could help. The company’s most important action was listening. They made changes and improvements based on what their team was telling them. While this may seem small, it was missed by many other organizations and noticed by their employees.
During a time when employee connection and cultural engagement can prove very difficult to maintain, KellyOCG has solutions for your organization. Keeping employees growing through upskilling or reskilling will help your workforce remain engaged and inspired. The expectations of your talent must be met, and KellyOCG can help coordinate a strategy for talent engagement to minimize turnover. However, if some furloughing or even layoffs must occur, we can help you keep those people connected through our Rapid Talent Pool Solution so they can remain involved and ready once business returns.
Unfortunately, many businesses are being forced to furlough and even lay off talented people. KellyOCG can help you keep them connected and involved should your business find opportunities for them in the future. By creating an online community, they will continue to feel connected to your organization and are more likely to return once business comes back.
Talent has expectations that you need to meet. They need to feel included and part of the organization’s mission. By defining a talent engagement strategy that will excel within a remote environment, you will be giving your talent the critical connection they need to their workplace during this tumultuous time. Engaged talent is more productive, stays longer, and contributes to an overall positive organizational culture.
From reassignment of talent to refocusing of their efforts, we engage your talent to learn the skills necessary to face your new realities. Skills that were key to your organization prior to the pandemic may no longer be needed, and your organization might be introduced to new skills you never imagined you would hire. Your talent may also need additional training on new basics such as how to manage life now that their worlds have collided into a single location – home. Talent is scarce and the time to understand how everyone fits into your organization is not only imperative to your success, but it also needs to align with the expectations and desires of the talent you don’t want to lose.
KellyOCG is a proven leader in managing talent supply chains and the partners needed to bring talent into organizations. A key part of this is evaluating how stable your supply chain is and adjusting what is needed to ensure long-term success. Through our consulting practice, made up of tenured practitioners, we can work with you to evaluate the strength and longevity of your supply chain.
Kelly knows talent. And we know what talent needs to get ahead. Through our institute we provide a sustainable, virtual training solution to raise your employees’ credentials, with a focus on life-science talent. Powered by PharmaWebinar, we offer certification in GDP, Data Integrity (ALCOA+), 21 CFR 211, GMP/GXP, and Clean Room Knowledge. If you need talent that is ready to thrive within your regulated environment and to minimize production errors, all within budget and time constraints, then the Kelly Certification Institute is your answer.