Releasing Guilt in WFH

I have a really talented, committed and loyal workforce of nearly 200 people working at EQ Office. We service over 400 organizations with a physical place to foster the development and/or delivery of their products and services. This week we fully migrated to a Work From Home (WFH) platform (except for some of us that enable business continuity). I felt it was critical to communicate, early and often and release people from thinking they need to act as “business as usual.”

The following message might be useful to others who lead teams, run companies and advise leaders. Feel free to lift, use, take what you need from my message if you find it useful. And please comment if you have ways to make it better.

All the best…

Our WFH Culture

Message from the CEO

Wow.

Seriously, who ever thought we’d be here so fast; an entire workforce mandated to work from home, to isolate in for days.

Clearly there are huge impacts on the economy, society, and life at home.

Yes, we zoomed into meetings from spare bedrooms, kitchens, or any place we could find a moment of peace (or not). Many of us missed routines, workouts, creating further stress and tension. Others discovered their best commute ever from their bed to their desk (or dining…