Communication Planning Worksheet
In a crisis, a big part of every leader’s job is to provide a container for staff and make sense of what’s happening. Use this worksheet to plan out 5 key components for communicating to your team during tough times.
Managing Uncertainty
Managing Uncertainty: Strategies for Middle Managers
Middle managers play a critical role. It’s also not an easy job. If you’ve ever felt caught in the middle between your manager and your team, here are three strategies to get unstuck.
5-Step Scenario Planning Tool
This worksheet helps you get started with scenario planning. Turn uncertainty into readiness by thinking through possibilities, impacts, and action steps.
Managing Uncertainty: What to Say in Evaluations
Struggling with the exact language to use when giving feedback for your 2020 performance evaluations? Check out our samples.
Managing Uncertainty with Purpose, Agency, Connection
As managers, we can’t end the pandemic or undo racial and intergenerational trauma, but we can influence how our staff experience this moment. This article offers three ways to build a greater sense of purpose, agency, and connection during times of crisis or uncertainty.
Managing Uncertainty: Check-ins Add-on
During moments of uncertainty, check-ins are an opportunity to meet your staff where they’re at so that they can feel seen and supported. Whatever the case may be for your staff, acknowledge what’s happening, hear how your people are doing, and inject purpose and agency by using this add-on in your next check-in agenda.
Setting Goals in Chaos and Uncertainty
When there is a lot going on in the world, your organization, or your personal life (or all three!), goal-setting can feel like an insurmountable task. The good news is that goal-setting doesn’t have to add to the chaos; it can help you move through it.
Building Your Emotional Resilience Muscle
During times of crisis, managers must lean on their emotional resilience muscles. This article shares resources and advice on how to stay emotionally grounded so you can lead effectively.
Tips for Running an Effective Rapid Response Team
During times of upheaval and crisis, set up a rapid response team to help you make great decisions quickly.
Managing Uncertainty: What to Communicate to Your Team
In a crisis, a big part of every leader’s job is to provide a container for staff—that is, to make sense of what’s happening. Effective communication can promote the stability, continuity, and sense of purpose that helps people cope during tough times.