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How a crisis impacts employees and how leaders can help

Productivity data along with employee surveys can help you understand how teams handle a crisis, respond to disruption, and balance stress.

Gabriela Mauch

By Gabriela Mauch

A woman sitting at a large desk in her home office typing on her laptop, which uses remote workforce management software.

Last week, multiple states faced widespread power and water outages which impacted many organizations, ActivTrak included. 

This week, we took time to survey our employees with regard to what their top concerns were during the crisis and what actions were most helpful from leaders and teammates. As a workforce productivity analytics software company that seeks to enable employee performance and foster employee wellness, we also had a unique perspective to examine the actual data from our environment to understand how productivity was impacted, and for how long.

The infographic below summarizes the actual productivity data from our organization, along with survey responses from employees reflecting on their experience during the crises.

We encourage you to take a few minutes to consider this question – what can you do now to prepare your leaders and organization to respond to a crisis? 

About ActivTrak and The Productivity Lab

ActivTrak helps companies unlock productivity potential. Our award-winning workforce productivity and analytics software provides expert insights that empower people, optimize processes, and maximize technology. With data sourced from more than 8,500 customers and 250,000 users, ActivTrak’s Productivity Lab is a global center for ground-breaking workforce productivity research and expertise that helps companies embrace and embody the future of work.

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Gabriela Mauch
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Gabriela Mauch is Chief Customer Officer and Head of ActivTrak's Productivity Lab, responsible for driving customer value and growth across a 9,500-customer base. She oversees the company’s world-class productivity thought leadership team and champions value del... Read more
Gabriela Mauch is Chief Customer Officer and Head of ActivTrak's Productivity Lab, responsible for driving customer value and growth across a 9,500-customer base. She oversees the company’s world-class productivity thought leadership team and champions value delivery from pre-sales through post-sales engagement. An expert in effectiveness, leadership and organizational design, Gabriela has spent the past decade helping organizations build outcome-oriented, performance-driven teams. Her previous roles include directing the launch of McDonald's Effectiveness & Leadership Center of Excellence, as well as positions at human capital and strategy consulting firms McKinsey & Company and KPMG LLP. Gabriela's thought leadership has been featured in top tier media including Bloomberg, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, US News, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Yahoo! Finance and more.
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