{"id":4286,"date":"2021-02-08T08:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T13:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:19:02","slug":"mid-pandemic-resilience-is-key-to-business-survival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/mid-pandemic-resilience-is-key-to-business-survival\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-pandemic, resilience is key to business survival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-27-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-27-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-27-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-27-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-27.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mid-pandemic, resilience is key to business survival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It is crucial for business to reimagine both the labor force and work strategy to be resilient. This include the ability to be flexible, adapt, and respond to change.\u00a0 SMB\u2019s best survival chance is to evolve, execute intentional actions and focus on Resilience being in the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adapting the tradition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, Efficiency has been\na primary focus in most organizations.&nbsp;\nThe pandemic has caused a shift in the way businesses play out their day\nto day.&nbsp; The primary focus is\/was to get\nthe job done faster with inflexible processes that enabled agents to work more competently.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not to say efficiency is no longer required but merely has traded places with resiliency.\u00a0 Frankly, corporations must now ensure assets, employees, and their workload are ready to constantly shift with ongoing changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resilience is key<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Resilience can be defined as the\nability to bounce back after life\u2019s challenges. Businesses who are more\nresilient have learned to move past obstacles in a healthy way.&nbsp; Resilient people learn and know how to\nweather the storms that come along in life.&nbsp;\nThey are aware of difficult conditions, can interpret the situation and\nmake sound decisions on what needs to be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On the road to resilience \u2013 at the onset of the pandemic, companies primarily hoped for the best. They struggle to keep operations running, and are having to furlough or lay off laborers. The main focus at this point for business is financial survival, as COVID-19 continues to devastate our \u2018business as usual\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Well-fed and well-led employees<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies aggressively protected workers, workplaces, and customers from infections. Also implemented practices to address the core needs of safety and well-being.\u00a0 They focused on being supportive to employees and their families.\u00a0 Cultivated employees to work smarter, by developing new skills and cross-training with other departments thus increasing productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time to Pivot<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>SMB\u2019s have accepted, due to the ever-changing market that change is inevitable. Organizations reinvented the hiring process, job design, performance management and pay to coincide with the new operating model.\u00a0 Pivoting toward new markets, services or goods is a great way to build on the foundation a business already has, expands revenue, and brings more income to the organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ExchangeDefender provides email security, compliance, and email continuity solutions for small business. 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