With the shift in working modules, i.e- working from home, how are the leaders or the workforce handling this emotionally? Keeping their concerns and problems in mind, Brand Leaders Nepal organized a webinar about “Emotional Impact on employees during and after COVID-19” on 27th May, 2020, in partnership with Digital Advantage, and powered by merojob.com, to discuss anxiety and emotional challenges the workforce could be dealing with. The webinar was moderated by Mr. Arvindra Ranjit, Brand Leaders Nepal, and the panelists for this webinar were Ms. Divya Singh, HR professional, Mr. Kalyan Adhikari, CCO, Merokirana, Ms. Richa Pandey, Head of Human Resource department,  Macchapucchre Bank Limited along with Mr. Sagar Satyal, CO-Founder of My Emotions Matter. 

The employers are facing the intricate task of motivating the workforce to work from home, and sustain the work life balance, as well as convincing the workforce to resume the Pre-Covid work style has not been easy for employers. The webinar stressed the importance of casual communication with the employees as they have certain expectations from their leaders during these uncertain times.

Key Takeaways:

Ms. Divya Singh, HR Professional 

• Quickly adapting to the new changes, we have to learn to be agile as per the situation. This is also a good opportunity to adapt to new ways of thinking and to increase employee engagement and encourage them to think out of the box. 

Ms. Richa Pandey, Head of Human Resource department, Machhapuchhre Bank 

• Everyone should be positive to survive from this global situation. People need to see the brighter perspective and opportunities by this COVID Crisis. 

Mr. Kalyan Adhikari, CCO, Merokirana 

• Resource cutting should be the last option for enterprises. 
• Pointed out emerging new concepts of working from home 

Mr. Sagar Satyal, Co- founder of My Emotions Matter

• Always separate facts and feelings. Consideration should be given to emotional intelligence. 
• Labeling our emotions is necessary to move forward. As a leader, manage self awareness and communicate the need so that it doesn’t affect the team work. 
• We will never run out of crisis so building resilience is important and sometimes we need to shift our focus from ourselves to others. 
• Emotional demands should be acknowledged and should be expressed healthily so talking helps a lot.

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