Accelerate Magazine July 2020

Some measures that can help address employee anxiety include: • Communicate frequently and to the point. • Give accurate information, including what is uncertain, to engage employees in shifting into rational problem solving and away from emotional reactivity. • Equip them with the tools for mastery, autonomy, and relational awareness so that they can bring their best to the workplace. Work/Life Flexibility The transition from working at home to working in the office, or from being furloughed to being called back to work again, will not be easy. For those who were able to work from home, trends in flexible work schedules were dramatically accelerated. Some will be glad to be back in the predictable office environment with set schedules and regular hours. Others may push to expand options for remote work because of the autonomy and convenience it affords. Those being called back from furlough will be wondering if there is danger that future layoffs may occur if business does not rebound quickly. The common experience for those who have been at home for the duration of the safer-at-home orders is that they are now exhausted. Those who had the opportunity to work from home often had to learn new technology and set new structures for themselves. Those with school aged children found themselves needing to supplement the online education of their children as well as provide them with social opportunities on top of daily chores, while meeting work at home expectations from their organizations. Good work/life flexibility is associated with higher levels of creativity and higher performance in organizations. It is possible to view this time not as a return to the way things APRIL 2020 MAGAZINE 15 WIDE OPEN SPACES INDOOR & OUTDOOR OPTIONS 262.547.0201 • 2810 Golf Road, Pewaukee, WI 53072 theinglesidehotel.com • Recently renovated property • 40,000 sq. ft. of exible meeting space • 40 acres of outdoor space available for all types of events • Convienently located o I-94 between Milwaukee and Madison • Flexible attrition and cancellation policies for 2020 business