#SaaSChats Recap: Project Management meets Crisis Management

Anyone else dealing with pandemic fatigue? Yea – we are with you on that one.

So how do you keep productivity (and morale) levels high, manage stress, deal with constant change in local COVID regulations, and cope with ongoing worry for the world? (Let’s throw lack of sleep in there just for fun, shall we?)

Managing your team, and yourself, has never been so difficult – and it’s never been so important to have the right approach. Or at least be willing to adapt as you go in order to find the best approach! Willingness to learn and the ability to embrace change is key in dealing with these curve balls coming at us from all angles (thanks, 2020!).

This month, we asked a panel of experts all about their experience through the last 8 months of this pandemic. We asked them all the tough + self reflective questions so that you can sit back and soak up their wisdom!

We also had a little secret up our sleeve for this one! Inspired by our pal Riaz Sidi over at Sidi.io, we launched: #SaaSChats Tunes – the official soundtrack of our monthly chats! Throw it on while you check out the recap! Also, we promise to keep adding more fun tunes so it never gets old. Bookmark the playlist today, thank us tomorrow!

Before we dive in, meet the panel of experts from yesterday’s chat:

• Amanda Bernardo – Manager, Enterprise Strategy + Engagement, Shared Services Canada
• Brock Murray – Co-Founder, seoplus+
• Jacob Crompton-Schreiber – Account Manager, Publicize
• Patrick White – Managing Director, L-SPARK
• Jessica Ward – Corporate Associate, Dentons

Let’s jump in!

(Pro tip: click on the questions below to be taken directly to the thread of responses over on Twitter).

Q1. Pandemic Management, as it relates to leading your team through a crisis, means____.

Q2. If you could look back to March and give your former self a piece of advice that you now know, what would it be?

Q3. One of the most important project management skills today is the ability to maintain team productivity while working virtually. What are your go-to resources to keep you and your team on track?

Q4. What skills have developed or evolved throughout this time?

Q5. What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced being a leader through a time that’s also new and difficult for you?

Q6. When the pandemic first hit what were some of the practices that your team put in place as you transitioned to remote in order to stay organized/on-track?

Q7. Have these practices changed since then? If so, how? If not, why do you think they have worked so well?

Q8. On a more personal note, what steps, both formal and informal, are you and your team implementing to rebalance the day-to-day stressors that we’re all faced with right now?

Q9. Who/what has been your team inspiration for through this time? Tag them!