Managing change during coronavirus

The world is now watching and experiencing an emerging coronavirus pandemic. There is widespread anticipation and fear in many parts of the world, especially those with higher rates of infection.  This poses an interesting scenario of testing the capability of organisations in managing change during coronavirus. And in fact …. the virus itself is a change that forces organisations to work and organise itself differently.

The change caused by coronavirus is vast. Travel bookings are cancelled and prohibited. Employees in highly infected areas are told to work from home. Expatriates are sent home and many face forced quarantine. In Australia, Australian evacuees from Wuhan in China (where the virus was first spread to humans) are placed in Christmas Island detention centres. In many parts of the world, cities have become ghost towns. Soccer stadiums lay empty. Some countries have even closed borders to countries infected with high rates of the virus. In Hong Kong office staff are working from home, along with their partners. And often within close proximity of where their children are playing, which can be challenging.

No doubt about it – the coronavirus is one of the tests of an organisation’s ability to undergo change. Some are more prepared than others.

So how does an organisation manage the changes inflicted by coronavirus?

Find out here: https://thechangecompass.com/2020/03/09/managing-change-during-coronavirus/