With the economy trying to overcome the effects of COVID-19 and the nation’s political unrest, business leaders face a challenge like never before as stores and offices reopen and try to lure back customers and clients.
Wake up, email, Zoom, Netflix, sleep and repeat, sound familiar? In our pre-pandemic lives, we experienced a variety of activities or change of scenery throughout our work week, but in the age of COVID-19, the same home “office,” the same computer screen, the same daily grind. Is it Monday? Wait, it’s Thursday? Does it matter? What is causing this perpetual state of boredom and how do we continue to function as professional when every day feels the same as the last?
Few of us have experienced anything like this COVID-19 crisis. Here in Nevada, we’ve seen this pandemic impact our tourism and hospitality industries, air travel, schools and our everyday routines. Not to mention the threat on our basic health and safety. This isn’t business as usual for any of us, including Amazon.
Sin City, which is known for its huge tourist industry, has especially felt the blow of lock down during the past couple of months. But what does that mean for the housing market? I sat down with former Las Vegas-performer-turned-Realtor, Konrad Broock, to find some answers.
As I sit in my backyard working on my laptop, I have been reflecting on the future of the office. For so many of us, the office has been our primary workplace since college. I think of it now as the place where we huddled to share ideas, high-fived successes and came together for team celebrations. Now, in the wake of the coronavirus, will it ever be the same?
It is the paradox of resilience that the very things that make us strong also can prevent us from being nimble during a crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the weaknesses of how we have been doing business. If we look at businesses like nested Russian dolls, one system embedded inside another, we find clues to where change is needed if we are going to come back stronger from this crisis.
People’s ability to keep up their spirits is being put to the test during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health concerns, job concerns and disruptions to day-to-day routines have combined to create a challenging situation for Americans and for people throughout the world.
In the fight against the COVID-19 virus, businesses across Nevada and the U.S. are working to maintain productivity and to keep their employees on payroll. As businesses reopen to the public, it will be vital that golf courses, like mine, and others in Southern Nevada work together to drive the state’s economy.
On March 18, Nevada’s governor issued the Nevada Health Response COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Initiative. The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (NVOSHA) followed suit by publishing a set of guidelines to support the March 18 Risk Mitigation Initiative. Those guidelines established social distancing protocols for essential businesses operating in the mining, construction and manufacturing industries. Since that time, as the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved, so too have the various governmental agencies’ responses and plans, including those of NVOSHA.