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Reinstate confidence
within the team by sharing your recovery plans, and precautions put in place to ensure health, safety and job security”
Using online meeting tools, you're able to effectively communicate and educate. Right now, there may still be limitations in how you can communicate. Plus there will still be customer and/or supplier hesitation with personal contact, meaning that people are still very open to alternative methods of communication like online meetings.
Using tools like Zoom you're able to cre- ate online training for potential custom- ers, you can get suppliers involved no mat- ter where in the country or world they are situated , these sessions can be recorded , transcribed and used in many different ways in your business.
6ACT AS IF
2020 may have been a difficult time for you or others around you and no doubt there has been a lot of uncertain- ty for you, your customers, your suppli- ers and your team. As the leader of your business you will need to act as if these risks have all gone and get the momen- tum happening again.
Regardless of how you're feeling or the impact that the pandemic had on your business it's important that you continue with a positive vision and make sure that the people around you feel confident in the future.
It has understandably been difficult for many business owners and a good oppor- tunity for a check-up from the neck up. If you're feeling overwhelmed or helpless make sure you talk to somebody and ask for some help.