Don’t Revert to Old Norms When Returning to the Office
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If you work in a place where pandemic restrictions are easing up, and you’re headed back to the office, it may be tempting to get back to “business as usual.”
But this is the perfect opportunity to reflect on how you want your team to operate differently going forward. Which new practices do you want to keep? Which ones do you want to let go?
Start by identifying which new practices were successful, why they were successful, and under which circumstances they’ll continue to be useful. You can do this by surveying your employees to understand what they did differently during the crisis and then conduct follow-up discussions about what worked for them and what didn’t.Next, help your team unlearn outdated practices. Maybe in-person meetings are no longer important to your organization, or the traditional 9-to-5 workday doesn’t need to be the team-wide standard.Communicate clearly that your expectations as a manager have changed.Most people will instinctively revert to old routines so, finally, reinforce the new practices and procedures until they turn into habits.
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🇨🇳 返回办公室时不要恢复旧规范
假如你正在一个大流行病限制正在放松的地方工作，而你又要回到办公室，那么你很可能会回到“正常工作”的状态。
但是这是一个绝佳的机会，让你重新思考你希望你的团队如何以不同的方式工作。你希望保留哪些新的实践? 你想放弃哪一个?
首先确定哪些新实践是成功的，为什么它们会成功，以及它们在何种情况下仍然有用。通过调查员工，你可以了解他们在危机中采取了哪些不同的做法，然后进行后续讨论，看看哪些做法对他们有用，哪些没有。
其次，帮助你的团队忘掉过时的实践。也许面对面的会议对公司来说不再重要，或者传统的朝九晚五的工作时间不必成为整个团队的标准。
清楚地传达你作为管理者的期望已经改变了。大部分人都会本能地回到旧常规中，因此，最后，要加强新的实践和做法，直到它们变成习惯。
