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LISA GILLESPIEHead of Learning and Development Make UK Lisa has been in the HR industry for 25 years in a number of roles. She holds qualifications in law, a post-graduate diploma in HRM, philosophy, psychology and creative writing. In addition she qualified as a practitioner in PRINCE 2 and neurolinguistic programming.
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lgillespie@makeuk.org
Life after lockdown
LAST time I wrote about how well I was coping with lockdown, just me and the dog day after day, night after night. Advising clients by day, decorating in the evening… but then I had a wobble one Sunday.
I was all set to start painting a wall that morning, brush in hand, and I just thought ‘I can’t do this anymore’. I’m a really resilient person and my way of coping with the curve- balls life throws at me is to keep busy but we all have our breaking points.
Years of experience has also taught me how
to manage myself and my feelings so I knew what to do. I changed out of my decorating gear into a pretty dress, did my make-up and took the dog for a long walk. I also called a couple of friends whilst I was out. By the time I got back I was fine and I only had one more wobble a couple of days before the rules were relaxed a little.
Many, many people will really have struggled mentally during lockdown. Whilst they may be delighted to start coming back to work, those of us in HR need to be aware that there will be some very fragile folk coming back into
the workplace. There is a lot of information and guidance about making workplaces safe in the physical sense but we need to be conscious of the need to support people mentally too in the coming months. Just as I struggled with my own company on a couple of occasions, many couples will not have weathered lockdown well and the media is reporting an expected rise in divorces and separation. With a potentially depressed housing market and a recession looming, people may also find themselves struggling financially as well as facing big decisions about their families’ and their own future.
Those
of us in HR need to be aware that there will be some very fragile folk coming back into the workplace."
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