19/08/2026
โSince COVID, the only thing thatโs certain is uncertainty.โ ๐ค
Tameka Bramwell joined the Crisis Management panel at the ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ โ alongside ๐ง๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐, moderated by ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ โ speaking to a room of around 150 accountants and solicitors.
The panel examined crisis management through three lenses: strategy, people and finance. Tamekaโs focus was the people side โ how to lead, communicate and make workforce decisions when the ground is shifting underneath you.
A few of the things she shared:
๐ฌ Be as honest as the role requires. Your team canโt make good decisions on bad information โ and holding it back doesnโt protect you, it exposes you to more risk.
๐ The first signs your people are feeling it are quiet ones. Arriving right on time and leaving right on time. Going silent in meetings. Declining training. Doing exactly the position description and nothing beyond it.
๐ค Over-promising doesnโt build confidence โ it erodes it. Regular, honest communication is what builds it.
๐๏ธ The one HR discipline to have in place before a crisis: document everything. Conversations, expectations, position descriptions, KPIs, agreements. Verbal records donโt hold up when it matters.
And the line that landed with the room: ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ. ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ.
Thank you to Chris Cook and the Worrells team for the invitation and for running such a well-organised day. ๐