5 ways for employers to manage post-election emotions in the workplace

Ahead of the election, Pruitt-Haynes recommends gathering the company’s leaders together and relaying a short list of things they can do to promote a safe, accepting workplace for their teams. 

“[Employees] need to understand that they are still wanted, they are still included, and they are still valued members of those teams, so remind their people leaders of some of the critical things they can do to help increase that sense of psychological safety. [They should] continue to invite everybody to team meetings, continue to reach out and solicit the opinion of all of their colleagues in the same way that they would have previously, and continue to acknowledge all of the excellence that people bring to the table, even if you know you are disconnected in this other arena. [This] is going to be another critical component to try and help get everybody on one page as quickly as possible.”