Category: COVID-19
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I bet you wish it were Zombies
Wishing it were zombies instead of Covid-19 as the safety bubble of trust gets smaller? YEP! We knew how to kill zombies! After years of watching The Walking Dead, we had an arsenal of information on how to make weapons of zombie destruction. We spent countless hours defeating zombies in Resident Evil, and streamed Netflix and Amazon Prime…
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Getting Employee Buy In to Return to the Office
Gaining employee buy-in to come back to the office requires assurance on the part of an employer to remain in strict compliance with current regulations. In addition, mental health support on site can reduce anxiety related to a return. Business recovery is nothing new following economic downturn. Recovery now comes with added risks to personal health…
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Are you still working from home? A lot of companies think it’s okay.
In March of 2020, offices suddenly closed their doors, encouraging staff to work from home. At first, it seemed like a short-term fix to a large-scale problem. Multiple offices remain closed, yet office workers are being encouraged, even urged to return to their desks. While employers offer choices between office and virtual, many have been scenario…
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Wellbeing in the workplace as you return to the office
Your mind is reeling with issues around health and safety, and reactions are running on overdrive. You should consider that a warning your emotional well-being is out of whack. Simply stated, well-being is an overall positive state to process emotions, life satisfaction, sense of meaning and purpose; the ability to pursue self-defined goals; a sense of balance…
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The Generational Response to COVID-19: Baby Boomers
I am a Baby Boomer. I was raised by Silent Generation parents who were brought up by the Greatest Generation who fought World Wars and dealt with the Great Depression. Therefore, the Boomer in me is troubled. Multiple influences beyond my control are affecting my daily lifestyle and my outlook on the world. Whether cataclysmic…
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The Generational Response to COVID-19: Gen X
One of my main worries is that my generation has become the ‘worry’ generation. We’re all middle aged now so the lockdown has been the time we worried about. Our elderly relatives are not taking the Pandemic seriously enough and we worried about our grown-up kids taking to the streets and the beaches far too…
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The Generational Response to COVID-19: Gen Y
Throughout the Pandemic there have been two constant emotions that Gen Y have faced: fear and frustration. Fear not for themselves but rather for parents, in-laws, grandparents, older friends and relatives who were more at risk of contracting the virus and reacting badly to it. Then frustration, particularly at these same older generations who did…
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The Generational Response to COVID-19: Gen Z
Kasasa, an award-winning financial tech and marketing company, states that Generation Z is categorised as individuals born between 1995 and 2015. Through this time, Zoomers would have little to no memory of the horrific September 11 attacks which shook the world. However, we will have memories of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Although the Pandemic presents a…
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The Workplace Generational Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
In late 2019, prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, employees in the workplace spanned 4 or 5 generations: The Silent Generation; Baby Boomers; Gen X; Gen Y; and Gen Z. Only a few of the oldest generation remain in the workforce, being 75+ and past retirement age. Baby Boomers span from 55-75 years old, either looking…
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The Rule of Three: Planning your back to work strategy
What will your comeback story look like? There are four (4) key questions around the new office normal that deserve your attention. Our space management team of experts weighs in. Who will return to the office and what will it look like when we get there? Workspace will look different as we move out of…