9 Tips to Minimise Disruption During a Pandemic

It is impossible to predict the extent to which your business is going to be impacted by COVID-19. But you’ll want to act quickly and decisively on the issues you face today and to prepare for the potential for further disruption headed your way.

The challenges created by COVID-19 fall into two categories: the obvious ones you should deal with today and the future challenges you should start preparing for.

Depending on the size of your organization, you may have already dealt with issues such as mandatory exclusions from work and modifying your travel policy. Similarly, policies around holding or attending major meetings and conferences have already been affected. 

Proactive strategies may include circulating information on how employees can protect themselves from contracting the virus and providing hand-sanitizing supplies. 

However, that is the low-hanging fruit in this crisis. There are bigger, more systemic issues that will require you do to some concerted advance planning for what is undoubtedly to come. The following is a checklist that you can use to assess your organization’s level of preparedness. It is by no means comprehensive, but it does cover many of the major bases.

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