Pandemic Preparation – The People Playbook
Four immediate actions for people pandemic planning.
- Keeping employees safe – limiting exposure of employees to the virus and supporting them in the event they become ill.
- Reducing potential disruption to business operations through employee absenteeism and travel restrictions.
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Critical Insight
- Communication of facts and definitive action plans from credible leaders is the key to maintaining some stability during a time of uncertainty.
- Remote work is no longer a remote possibility – implementing alternative temporary work arrangements that keep large groups of employees from congregating reduce risk of employee exposure and operational downtime.
- Pandemic travel protocols are necessary to support staff and their continuation of work while traveling for business and/or if stuck in a high-risk, restricted area.
Impact and Result
- Assign accountability of key planning decisions to members of a pandemic response team.
- Craft key messages in preparation for communicating to employees.
- Cascade communications from credible sources in a way that will establish pandemic travel protocols.
Pandemic Preparation – The People Playbook
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