Along with 2.6 billion other people, Forward And Thinking's team is working from home. Find out how each one of us is dealing with the lockdown, their coping mechanisms and everyday madness Lisa Hepworth, our Business Development Executive, shares her thoughts. 1. What's your work situation like at the moment? Initially things went quiet, which was to be expected. Being fairly new into a team/company, I didn't have an established client list and fully forged relationships so there was a balance of finding the right time and tone of when to make that call and when to send an email, how to word it etc... admittedly also being new, panic set in and I forgot some of my core values and overall style which threw me off for a while. Having supportive management and colleagues helped me find my way and to think about the longer-term impacts as opposed to the short term. I'm focussing on later in the year and building relationships for when we're allowed back out into the big wide world! 2. Describe your socialising strategy Socialising... we have groups set up on messenger and WhatsApp for family and friends, both of which are huge red markers for my age category - no Snapchat or TikTok groups here! I used Zoom and Kahoot for a virtual quiz with friends this weekend - nice to see and hear people I'm used to spending time with. 3. What are you reading? Other than reading with the kids, not much! We're reading The Twits at bedtime right now 4. What are you watching? Subscribed to Starzplay to specifically watch The Act - final episode to watch in the next day or so - I got distracted by Veronica Mars (halfway through Season 2 already.) 5. What are you listening...Continue ReadingThe post The working from home diaries 2020: Lisa, Business Development Executive appeared first on Forward and Thinking.
