The Long Road Ahead: Thriving Through Fatigue

The Pandemic is not a financial recession: it is a fast-paced economic transformation. We’re transforming our companies into low-touch, high-safety businesses and we’re doing it a light speed.

We’re hyper-engaged digitally, yet highly stressed emotionally.

The most stressed part of the workforce is now young families, working mothers, and single employees working at home – and despite the online yoga classes and bread-baking videos, people are just tired.

Fatigue Management is what wins or loses wars.

• Reduce workload by clarifying goals.
• Create cadence and recovery cycles in the business.
• CEO-level focus is needed

• Take time off to rest, walk, and exercise every day. Stand up and walk around.
• Turn off the TV and stop watching Twitter.
• Take it slow. Don’t carry to heavy a load: you’ll get more done if you pace yourself over time.
• If you’re a manager, help show people what “not to do.” Help people find focus, and don’t waste their time.
• Turn off your Zoom camera and shorten meetings to 15 minutes if you can. Stop every meeting early.
• Tell your team to take a week off. And don’t email while they’re gone. Things will be fine when they come back, and work will resume better than ever.
• Be patient with your colleagues, peers, and yourself. People always want to do the best – right now it may just take a little more time.
• Have some empathy for leadership. They are tired too. Ask them how they’re doing and let them know you care.