12 Ways To Nurture Mental Health And Company Culture During The Pandemic

Follow these tips to strengthen company culture and avoid employee burnout amid the pandemic.

So far, this year has been intense—to put it mildly. 

For Liongard as a company, it’s also been intense as we continue to scale at a rapid pace. That’s why Josh Tabin, Liongard’s Chief Financial Officer, reached out to me in January about joining the team. He didn’t want Liongard’s company culture—so carefully cultivated and embraced by all—to become diluted as both the team and the scope of work grew. 

In my 20+ years in “human resources” (note: not my favorite term), I’d seen how a floundering company culture can lead directly to disengagement, ending with high employee turnover, low productivity and general dissatisfaction. So, I knew where Josh was coming from; and I decided to come aboard to help make sure that never happened with Liongard.

Then, in March, COVID-19 hit. (And in a very real way for me, as I came down with the virus that month and am just getting back to feeling 100%, five months later.) One day, we were all bonding over team lunches and getting excited about the office’s new meditation room; the next, we were homebound, working remotely and isolated from each other. The “new normal.”