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Paolo Giuricich by Paolo Giuricich
October 30, 2020
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Writing feels refreshing and freeing.  Re-entry from a significant period of time in our global history, is creating many opportunities to redefine our collective paths, expectations of our chosen work and associated societal norms. Our insights come with huge responsibilities.

As Covid19 spread rapidly and affected every facet of our lives, we have slowed down and started to ask serious questions of ourselves, our work and everything else that is interconnected to our daily lives.  There has been little consideration for the biggest existential crisis to face humanity in modern times though. We need to dialogue and process this much more. Having tracked myself, my clients and our collectives experiences, we face a fresh start and re-entry into the world of work.  Without predicting the future, I do believe that we have an opportunity to embrace uncertainty and figure out what these pathways might look like for us and our work. We need to let go of our many assumptions and biases in the process too and work with ‘what is’ and with measured pace, day to day.

Working from home produced mixed reactions. We have valued the flexibility, ownership, responsibility for an output based system and a certain happiness from the productive experience.  As a polarity, we have been frustrated, conflicted, confined, over-worked, lonely and burdened by the demands of working digitally.  As social beings, our need for in person connection and relationship is difficult to suddenly replace, and hybrid-type work arrangements will emerge in our changed context.  Our drivers will be our individual needs and organisational requirements, with a healthy tension.

Teams have become closer and deeper in their relationships collectively.  This is attributed to the unwritten invitation into a more intimate context of an individual’s life (through the working from home lens). This has resulted in getting to know colleagues in a much more personal way, which has increased the effectiveness of teams in ways never experienced before.  When teams do return to the physical workplace, we will need to robustly process and make sense of our journey, to re contract our boundaries and determine how we work going forward.

From a leadership perspective, leaders that have excelled during this time, have demonstrated a more vulnerable approach.  This includes the ability to show courage, be empathetic, more collaborative, authentic, grateful and trusting co-working ‘adults’ to simply get on with our work.

In order to sustain ourselves through these times at a deep emotional level, I encourage you to think through the lenses of individual, team, leadership and total organisation, as you recalibrate your approach to your business or role in your organisation.  This will undoubtedly fuel a sustainable business future for the world.  There is no going back.


Recalibration Questions to ask yourself to make sense of the times:

What has gone well for me during this time?

What has challenged me during this time?

What have a learnt about:

  • myself
  • my team
  • my leadership?

What am I letting go of and why?

What am I holding onto and why?

What preferences have emerged for me for my work?

How do I approach my ‘fresh start’ and ‘re-entry’ and commission the right conversations for our collective learning and fitness for a changed world of work?

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Paolo Giuricich

Paolo Giuricich

Organisation Development (OD) Advisor Founder and owner of smart EQ (www.smart-EQ.com)

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