Scads has been written about how to lead your people, keep them motivated, and mitigate the stress-and-worry effects of the recession. Here’s a really comprehensive article from Workforce Management, entitled, “Managing During the Downturn.” They do a great job of providing managers practical strategies to deal with four realities of work life right now:
- Fear of becoming unemployed
- Emergence of “us vs. them” behavior in your company
- Pervasive, ongoing, unfocused anxiety
- High stress that can turn into distress
This lengthier article is worth your time to read in its entirety. As the authors point out, your organization is not a counseling clinic. Nevertheless, they offer some solid, doable ideas that you can implement to help your employees cope with the psychological impact of this cursed economy through which we are all trying to find our way.
