#04 - COVID Concerns - GBA Emerging Leaders - Experience Dealing with the Pandemic
Senior leaders of GBA Member firms have been invited to attend Pop-Up Town Hall meetings each of the past three weeks in response to the dynamic events related to the COVID-19 pandemic to discuss issues that impact geoprofessional firms. Panels of experts have discussed operational issues, health and safety, and leadership through these unprecedented times.
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COVID Concerns Episode 4 – GBA Pop-Up Town Hall Meeting for May 8, 2020 - GBA Emerging Leaders - Experience Dealing with the Pandemic
GBA Members from the Emerging Leaders Class have been invited to attend this Pop-Up Town Hall meeting hosted by Executive Director Joel Carson in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on geo-professional firms. In this episode, GBA’s newest leaders discuss COVID Concerns with Joel to cover its impact with co-workers, supervisors, and clients.
GBA addresses its members questions and concerns by sharing experiences and challenges in the hopes to learn and help each other during this trying time.
Our panel:
- Joel Carson host and GBA Executive Director – Link to Profile
- Abigayle Teller, Project Manager (Terracon) - LinkedIn Profile
- Tiffany Vorhies, Senior Associate & Vice President (SME) - LinkedIn Profile
- Ryan White, Principal & Geotech Group Manager (PBS Engineering & Environmental) - LinkedIn Profile
Topics for discussion include:
- What’s been the biggest challenge for you with the new “work from home” situation? [min 3:54]
- What guidance do you (Tiffany) have for people working from home? [min 7:28]
- Now that you (Abby & Ryan) have been working from home exclusively, will your “work from home” habits change post-COVID? [min 11:15]
- What communication methods are being used to reach your supervisor, co-workers, and those that report to you? [min 14:45]
- How have you adapted to your client’s needs? [min 23:51]
- Are you seeing tension between your client’s senior members and their project managers? [min 30:15]
- Recognizing that most of our audience is mostly geo-professional leaders, what changes do you see happening to the way firms do business post-COVID? [min 33:45]
- What do you miss most about going into the office? [min 39:00]
- The big silver lining in all of this (COVID) is ? [min 43:47]
- Do you have any clients that are slowing down their spending, aka using this pandemic as an opportunity to not pay? [min 47:25]
- What are some challenges of on-boarding new employees? [min 50:56]
Calls-to-action:
- Visit the GBA Website at https://www.geoprofessional.org for more information about Covid-19 resources and/or to become a member
- Visit the GBA Website for training resources and reference material for professional development that could be helpful during a slow time.
- Visit https://www.gbapodcast.com for future Podcast Episodes
- Contact us at [email protected] with any podcast-related questions or comments
This episode was produced by the following GBA Members:
- Ryan White, PE, GE – Principle/Geotechnical Engineering Group Manger/PBS Engineering and Environmental
- Tiffany Vorhies, NACE CIP-2 – Chief Consultant/SME
- Donald K. Blackburn, MBA – Business Manager/Blackburn Consulting
- Shawn Leyva, PE – Associate Senior Engineer/Crawford & Associates