We provide strategic facilitation services to help you articulate a more realistic and exciting future or solve a specific organizational problem or question with client-centric events and processes.
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We provide strategic facilitation services to help you articulate a more realistic and exciting future or solve a specific organizational problem or question with client-centric events and processes.
Members of:
During these unpredictable times, Lighthouse has had to re-imagine how to maximize communication for the associations we manage and industry members they represent. No longer having the option to hold face-to-face conferences, shows, meetings, and training courses, created a gap in our communications and networking business strategies. Like other businesses, Lighthouse had to adapt. We prioritized COVID-19 relevant content, increased our information output, made our content free and accessible to all, and explored and utilized new channels in which we communicate. Here is an article outlining “5 Content Marketing Action Items During a Pandemic” that we found helpful as we navigate today’s landscape.
All of us have been impacted by the current global pandemic. Almost all of us have been affected by a changed work environment and shifting expectations. Many of us are coping with unconventional meeting formats, or are managing an entirely remote team for the first time.
Lighthouse Consulting Group can help. We can help you transition your planned face-to-face meetings with active and engaging virtual events. We have the tools in place to facilitate your discussions with clients, team members, and stakeholders and we can write up the results for you. We have the existing platforms, with brainstorming and editing tools, and we’d like to make those platforms available to you. Give us a call so we can discuss affordable options for you and your team.
If you have questions or would like to talk about how we can help you transition your events online, give us a call at 401-682-7026.
Wishing you all the best,
Mark Amaral
President & CEO
“One step at a time.” It’s an old phrase, but a useful one to keep in mind these days. We’re all in uncharted waters right now, trying to navigate without many of the familiar daymarks. Everyone’s routine is out the window, not just yours. We hope this article can provide some useful pointers for how to lead in the face of this uncertainty both internally, with your team, and externally with your customers, clients and stakeholders.
Internally, in this time of uncertainty, it is important to be flexible, while keeping in mind every individual’s different restrictions and abilities. Here are a couple of ideas to help you and your business maintain normalcy.
Productivity, even for those used to working on a computer all day, will be down. Take it one step at a time but establish and clarify your expectations. As a leader, this means adjusting what you think can be accomplished each day. There are going to be more distractions than we are used to. Some people will be working from the dining table and some from their coach. There may be kids at home, chores to do, and some people in the household who need care. Most importantly, make sure your employees understand that you know what they are facing, and open the door for clear communication.
Here are some ideas for how you can lead with compassion without compromising your company’s work:
Do you have a business continuity plan for each of your divisions/departments, in case someone on your team gets sick or is out of commission for several weeks? If not, it’s time to clarify what must be accomplished, when, and by whom, and write it down. You should also consider regularly meeting with your accountant to make sure you fully understand different income and expenses, and what can be expected.
External: Now is a good time to ask yourself the most central questions:
Personal: Do you want to do something?
Finally, take care of yourself. A very smart friend once told me that when you are in the middle of a huge issue, it’s sometimes hard to see that you’ll get through it. But in hindsight, you’ve been through many of those in your life, and you always got out the other side. Remember that, hang in there and know there’s more sailing in your future.
Our thanks to Margaret Podlich (mbpodlich@gmail.com) & Ali Mitchell (amitchell@lighthousecg.com) for organizing this article for us.