Many businesses are naturally trying to ‘get back on track’ after suffering the effects of the pandemic - uncertain staffing levels, regulations on physical activity, distorted supply chains and so on. This means that’s the leaders and managers of those companies are working very hard on all sorts of fronts to rebuild an effective and efficient organisation - taking decisions ‘on the hoof’, applying skills they did not know they had, improvising where necessary.
This is exactly the kind of situation where sometimes it is worth taking a little time to stop, reflect, think and plan. I know lists of necessary tasks with impossible deadlines keep appearing and lengthening but working flat out without a plan is likely to result in poor decisions and ineffective working systems and procedures.
Take a deep breath - or a cup of coffee. Talk to others in the company. Reassess priorities. Reassess skills. Make a plan.
It will be imperfect ... but the time you take to think, reflect and plan will hold you in good stead when you have to make swift decisions and take fast actions.
You will find yourself on a better treadmill.
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