AEMP 2021 CHAIRMAN
REFOCUS ON THE NEW HORIZON
BY DAN HUBBARD, CEM
Now is the time to focus on strengthening and empowering our employees.
n 2020 across the globe, record disasters impacted our friends and families. The Coronavirus pandemic, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, flooding, earthquakes, tropical cyclones, tornados and hurricanes compounded tragedies and changed our lives forever. 2020 brought life into focus for everyone. Priorities were restructured, and what was paramount seemed less important. What came into focus was the balance of life and work, career and family, fulfillment and heartache; we each learned what was important and what wasn’t. From our learning, our adaptations, we’ve come to terms with a new
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way of living. A more distant approach to our daily lives. Our adaptations have been drastic, we’ve implemented new ways of completing tasks; we’ve focused on eliminating risks to our teams while still balancing production. Many experienced an increased shortage of skilled workers; compounding a significant issue for our industry. With shortfalls in staffing, we asked our teams to accomplish tasks potentially creating more work, with less. We provided enhanced support and still balanced home and work for ourselves and our employees. The nimbleness of our industry delivered strong results through challenges. Our industry PAGE
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