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1. PMDAY 2020 – Kyiv, Ukraine
What you Should do Before and
After Returning to Work
Mike Palladino, PMP, CSM
- Director, Agile Center of Excellence, Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Adjunct Professor, Villanova University
- Author, Data Management University
- Past President, PMI-DVC chapter
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2. Is This You?
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3. Different Views on Working from Home
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4. The Situation
• Productivity
• More time
• Everyone else also more
productive
• More things to to do
• Working longer hours
• Lose track of time
• No commute
• Relieve guilt and show that we are
working
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5. Prior to Returning
• Reestablish contact
• Employees
• Customers
• Personal connections
• What might they do when things open again
• What do they miss
• Working from home – good, bad
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6. Prior to Returning
• Range of responses
• Love working from home, don’t want to
return
• Can’t wait to return
• Family issues
• Health concerns
• Feel like prison
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7. Prior to Returning
• Recognize people have changed
• 30 days to incorporate a new habit
• New working styles have become new
habits
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8. After Returning
• Come back in stages
• Allow people to take time to restart
• 1-2 days a week in the beginning
• Arrive late, leave early
• Allow new routines
• People have been affected
• Good and Bad
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9. After Returning
• Settle In
• No set routine
• New ideas
• New creativity
• Listen to new ideas
• Allow flexibility
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10. After Returning
• Reconnecting
• In meetings
• In hallway
• At Lunch
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11. After Returning
• Spending time with staff
• Go to lunch
• Take walks
• 1x1 meetings
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12. After Returning
• Encourage ideas
• What can we change?
• What can we improve?
• What can we bring back from learning from
home
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13. Unexpected Changes
• Prepare for Unexpected Changes
• Out of practice driving
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14. Unexpected Changes
• Prepare for Unexpected Changes
• Out of practice driving
• Body language
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15. Unexpected Changes
• Prepare for Unexpected Changes
• Out of practice driving
• Body language
• Social norms
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16. Conclusion
• People respond differently
• Allow flexibility
• Allow people to talk about
experiences
• Encourage new ideas
• Look for opportunities and
improvements
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17. PMDAY 2020 – Kyiv, Ukraine
Thank you!
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