Covid-19 Help and Support

We know that many businesses and people are doing it hard at the moment, and that's unlikely to change in the short term. So kia kaha, be kind to each other and look after yourselves! 

In the mean time Culture by Design remains ready to support you in whatever way we can. If we can help or you just fancy a chat, please get in touch.

Workplace Culture Reset

We have been working on an offering to support you as you navigate your businesses through the current environment. We know that leading through such an unpredictable and difficult time is very, very tough, so we want to help you push that reset button to restore some calm, focus and confidence back into your team. 


We've created a one day workshop for you and your people leaders (which can also be run as a series of zoom sessions if required). This workshop is action-focussed and designed to get your team match-fit to deal with the current situation and what's coming. 


 So go on, push that reset button for an info sheet with all the details! 

Culture by Design is a registered service provider with the Regional Business Partner Network. Businesses may be eligible to receive support to access this service. You can find out more by visiting:

Our team talk about Covid-19

Marie Johnston, Co-founder was asked to contribute to the Conferenz Connect newsletter recently, specifically to discuss the move from Alert Level 4 into 3 and then 2 for businesses. This is an 11 minute watch and you can play it here:
In conjunction with her article ‘COVID 19: Remote working from home’ (available below), Mary Buckley, Co-founder was asked by the chair of the NZ Institute of Organisational Psychology to conduct a webinar with the members of the Institute to further explore within the context of COVID 19, the topics of remote working, challenges with restructuring and downsizing and issues to be considered in pushing the reset button when the worst is over. The webinar is an hour long and is available here:

Articles

We have recently published a few articles specifically to offer support during the unprecedented times we find ourselves in. You can view them here:

Corona-stress: Take the control back!

April 1, 2020
Feeling a little or a lot stressed over the Covid-19 situation? At least you know you’re in the majority right now. “But why is it so hard?” many are asking. “We’re only being asked to sit on the couch, aren’t we?”

COVID-19: Remote working from home?

March 18, 2020
In the rapidly changing world of Covid-19, more and more New Zealand organisations are being prudent and beginning to prepare for the possibility of remote working from home. As a result, there is increased focus on the mental health issues that are related to working from home and there is good reason for this. As humans we are hard-wired as a social species, to seek out opportunities to be part of a group or community. Most of us have a strong human desire to be socially accepted and as human beings we survive and thrive much better together, that is of course until we don’t, which is unfortunately the case with Covid-19. Self-isolated, remote working from home is clearly a state that is counterintuitive to our hard-wired need for group contact and social acceptance. Hence, the question becomes with the potential reality of working remotely from home for an undefined amount of time, how can we retain a sense of connectivity and community? In addition, how can we ensure there is an acceptable level of productivity where people are still motivated by what they view as meaningful work in a world where there is no longer certainty and stability?
Also Mary was recently interviewed by the editor of Law & Business at the Australian Journal of Health, Safety and Environment, about the well-being mental health aspects of our global pandemic situation. 
You can read the resulting article here: 

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