The initial wave of catastrophe work is done. It sure feels great to get home and back into your “regular” routine, not to mention your own bed! It is great to get back and not have to worry about everything. Just to have a little bit of assistance in running the normal day to day operations. As you have started to notice after your arrival back home, everyone seems to want some one-on-one time with the you, the boss. They want to catch the boss up with their world and ask a couple of questions about how the CAT went. You can actually feel the company experiencing a little relief that routine is returning.

When you feel it’s time, you need to address what the company plan is for re-engaging all of the company’s resources and focusing on moving forward together. Let your people explain how their world has been and how they’ve handled the company efforts at home plate. Let the CAT members do the same. This will allow everyone to hear and see what the entire company needs to do to move forward together.