that's presentation as workforce strategies for post covid-19 recovery

1. Shaping the Future of Work in Light of Covid-19
Resilience - Adaptability - Prediction
Workforce Strategies for Post Covid-19 Recovery
Back to Work
SAFTY FIRST

2. COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait
- The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait was
announced on 24 February 2020.
- As of 27 May 2020, there are 23,267 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with
recovery of 7,946 cases and 175 deaths.
- The country has been under compulsory lock-down since midnight of 11
March 2020 with the government suspending work across all government
sectors except emergency services
- All commercial air travel and border travel were suspended
- Partial curfew was implemented since 22 March 2020 where curfew
hours were between 5 pm until 4 am.
- With the start of the holy month of Ramadan on 24 April 2020, the
partial curfew was further amended to 4 pm until 8 am with special
permissions for deliveries (under strict health code conditions).
- Total Curfew was implemented since 10 May to 30 May 2020

3. Director-General of the World Health Organization
Tedros Adhanom
World Health Organization's response to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The World Health Organization is a leading organization involved in the
global coordination for mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic.
- On 5 January 2020, the WHO notified the world about "pneumonia of
unknown cause" from China and subsequently followed up with
investigating the disease
- On 20 January, the WHO confirmed human-to-human transmission of
the disease
- On 30 January, the WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health
Emergency of International Concern and warned all countries to prepare
- On 11 March, WHO said that the outbreak constituted a pandemic
- The WHO has spearheaded several initiatives like COVID-19 Solidarity
Response Fund for fundraising for the pandemic and Solidarity Trial for
investigating potential treatment options for the disease, In responding
to the outbreak

4. COVID-19 Cases in Kuwait in May /2020
Deaths - Recoveries - Active cases

5. COVID-19 Cases in Kuwait in May /2020
Deaths - Recoveries - Active cases

6. COVID-19 pandemic Worldwide
The devastating economic effects of Covid-19 are creating global pressure for
a return to work sites where practicable

7. Wide gaps between Worst- and Best-case Scenarios for many Covid-19
Clinical variables offer companies no clear guidance

8. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
And Review of Some Strategies Plan B/2020 for Recovery
- The World will accelerate some existing trends and create new ones,
and all business models will have to evolve in order to grow and thrive.
- But there’s no way to accurately predict the coming year, and it’s a
dangerous mistake to rely too heavily on forecasts, which have to be
complemented with highly adaptive and resilient business models.
- The leading companies will be defined by their ability to balance
resilience,
adaptability and prediction.
- For leadership teams, the recovery will mean restarting in some cases,
reinventing operations in an unstable world of shifting conditions.
- The leading companies will be defined by their ability to balance
Prediction, adaptation and resilience will help leaders advance
where they can, retreat as soon as they must and adapt as needed

9. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
And Review of Some Workforce Strategies Plan B /2020 for Recovery
- Think about how coronavirus affects on your ( Employee , customers ,
businesse )
- Depending on what industry you’re in, your customers and employee might
be having some specific new pain points related to coronavirus.
Think strategically about how the pandemic is affecting your customers, and
how you can help them
- Then you can adjust your sales and design your marketing around how to
address these specific challenges and worries.
For example, are Worries about :
- Worried about supply-chain disruptions for customers ?
- Worried about how to manage employees in an environment where
everyone might need to still a home and their healthy safty ?
- Worried about travel restrictions ?
- Struggling with general market uncertainty and slowdown in demand ?
- Wondering how to manage and decrease their cash flow ?
- Facing a shortage of key inventory or supplies and stocking up ?

10. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Some Strategies Plan for Recovery
Resilience - Adaptability - Prediction
- They’ll advance where they can, retreat as soon as they must and
adapt as needed.
- They’ll build experience to do that again and again, by office, by
work site, by plant, by community, by country.
- And they’ll put in place the right mitigation protocols and support to
protect their employees, many of whom are eager to get back to
work, but worried about the risk of getting sick.
Returning to work sets the stage for retooling the business for
a different future.
- Getting back to work away from home is the first step in recovery,
once companies have taken critical actions to protect the business.
The return to work also sets the stage for retooling the business for a
different future
( But this recovery won’t follow a straight line, so executives should
get used to thinking about it dynamically )
Plan B 1

11. Prediction, adaptation and resilience will help leaders advance
where they can, retreat as soon as they must and adapt as needed Plan B 1

12. - Traditional resilience planning doesn’t do enough to prepare for a
pandemic crisis
- Companies should consider establishing pandemic-specific policies and
procedures around employee awareness
- The very first priority of an organization during a pandemic should be the
safety and well-being of its workforce
- On these and other critical issues,
Leaders can’t wait to have most of the facts ; instead
- They’ll make hard decisions and commit to learning by doing developing a
pragmatic campaign for returning to work and getting started.
- The plan of action for recovery should be :
Advance, Retreat, Adapt, Repeat.
The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery Plan B 2

13. ADVANCE
Companies will
return workers to
their work sites in
waves, adding
new waves or
growing existing
ones over time
RETREAT
Changing the
Conditions in
community,
among suppliers
or at the work
site will demand
rapidly shrinking
waves or
withdrawing
them entirel
ADAPT
Companies need
fast feedback
loops to learn
and apply
lessons from
each site and
each retreat
REPEAT
Resilience,
which will
define the
winners, is the
ability to
retreat, adapt
and try again
The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
Advance - Retreat - Adapt - Repeat
Plan B 2

14. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
10 Steps Should be Take Now
1 - Communicate with employees to raise awareness, enforce
policies and familiarize them with available resources
2 - If pandemic planning is not included in business continuity
and disaster recovery strategies, begin rapid planning or refresh
of pandemic strategies
3 - Perform an immediate assessment of processes and functions
, especially in high vulnerability and impact locations , to
understand key risks
4 - Review crisis communication plan and designate single points
of contact to facilitate seamless engagement with key internal
and external stakeholders
5 - Identify potential policy exceptions and institute a crisis
process to manage such exceptions on an accelerated basis
Plan B 3

15. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
10 Steps Should be Take Now
6 - Confirm employees have the capabilities, including access to
share data , and other tools, to perform critical tasks remotely
without compromising information security and data privacy
7- Review relevant standard operating procedures and update
them as necessary
8 -Monitor the situation and provide regular briefings to leaders
on any emerging threats and issues
9 - Ask employees to confirm and update contact information in
company records , as necessary
10 - Conduct brief pandemic training to enhance employee and
organizational preparedness to respond effectively
Plan B 3

16. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
Address the Specific Pain Points and Prepare for Pent-up Demand
- All business challenges can be exacerbated by a crisis like coronavirus.
Your job as a business owner is to figure out how to re-position your products and services and your employees
to be helpful and address the specific pain points that your business are confronting now.
- Embrace New Sales Channels
Even as more of the country goes into lockdown, people still are going to want and need to buy things, creating
opportunities to serve your market via alternative sales channels , look to expand your e-commerce offerings.
boost your online-marketing efforts and e-commerce sales
- Work on Long-term Investments in your Business
The coronavirus might be an opportunity to make some longer-term investments in your business
Especially if you’re seeing a short-term slowdown, platforms and processes and do some long-term strategic
planning.
If you have a few big prospects , now is a good occasion to put more energy into management of those longer-
term opportunities, Keep checking in with your leads, reassure them if needed, and let them know that you are
planning for contingencies and you’re ready to help.
Plan B 4

17. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
Address the Specific Pain Points and Prepare for Pent-up Demand
- Prepare for pent-up demand ( Theory )
Another lesson from Chinese businesses is that the post-coronavirus economic recovery might be
faster than we expect
If you cut back too far today, you might not be positioned to capitalize on the post-crisis recovery
Don’t to downplay the seriousness of the public-health aspects of this crisis; everyone needs to take
precautions to stay healthy and reduce the spread of the virus
But believe that companies can put some good steps in place today to be positioned for bigger success
tomorrow
There are always challenges and crises affecting our businesses
We can adapt and embrace the opportunities and bounce back stronger, even from a major crisis like
coronavirus
Plan B 4

18. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
Rules for Recovery and Back to Work ( Workforce )
• This is no longer a crisis, but this new world need more
personal healthcareREALISE
• By discussions - Values - Insights - Leaders ideasGET INSPIRED
• Different, act different, be flexible and adapt yourself to a
new realityTHINK
• Restore typical values for life , Rearrange purchasing power,
Ideal status , Reinvent yourself and PrivilegesMAKE THE DIFFERENCE
• New predications of work and updates your dataLET GO
• And focus on your (Possibilties - Passion - Energetic -
Positivity)BE SMART
Own Plan B

19. The post-Covid-19 Worldwide
Review of Workforce Strategies for Recovery
Rules for Recovery and Back to Work ( Management )
• Background and scope of business guidelines and Update risk
assessment and take appropriate measuresBusiness Background
• Principels for Resuming work after a period of closure and
how to Coping with rates of communicated with customersCustomers Management
• High Managements during this critical time and Resiliency
with market changes and time managingResiliency Procedures
• Learn to planing during crisis and Involve workforces for
ability the market challengesInvolve Workforce
• Stay well informed with data updates and work on different
specific guidance for each sectorsSpecific Guidances
• Awareness and Maximizing of Healthcare during work and
take care of workforces who have been illHealthcare Awareness
Own Plan B

20. THINK
LET GO Specific Guidances

21. Alsayed AbdelSalam
Kuwait Brand Manager
Pharmaceutical Company