Editor's Note: Being quarantined at home, keeping social distance from others, overwhelmed with  anxious news... The Covid -19 outbreak has changed our normal life into a diffefent and challenging situation. During this time, how should we motivate ourself and team members to be more active and stronger?

 

Andy Siow, APAC Commercial Director of Luye Pharma International, shared insights.

Andy Siow

 

Q: What is your secret to keeping active, fit (both psychological & physical) and getting enough positive energy during this special lock down period?

Do you Remember the #ABCDO? -“When you are Grateful, your life is full of Greatness!”

Indeed, it has never been easier to keep my Work & Personal calendar FULL. Your peers, your partners, your team, your friends, everyone #StayHome. The daily demands were filled with Zoom, Skype, Webinar, Microsoft Teams Meeting, Phone Calls, Wechat, Whastapp, KakaoTalk, Telegram, Line and Viber.

 

"To ensure I have the energy to accomplish the goals, I make exercise a daily habit, generate the daily boost, the dose of Endorphins that I need"

 

2- How do you engage your team during movement control lockdown? How do you instill positive belief & tractions? What do you tell the team?

We connect to each other's every week via Zoom Conferences and Calls. The team embrace 3A’s Guides despite working from home:

• Active (expected to be actively working on laptop, calls or in a meeting during working hours)
• Accessible (expected to be accessible as though you were in the office during working hours)
• Accountable (expected to deliver results and contribute to the team)

 

“Let’s Turn VUCA (= the situation of Covid19 pandemic) into our advantage”:

1. Counter Volatility with Vision

LUYE Pharma: To be Top 50 Healthcare Company in 2025.
How do we contribute to achieve this, let’s embrace role model leadership!
LUYE Pharma APAC, what capabilities are needed and how do we build them for all our pipelines in CNS and Oncology?  Embrace digital initiatives and achieve excellence to bring partnership to a new level? Let’s build another division of business on Tender Excellence?

2. Meet Uncertainty with Understanding

What are the constraints of hospitals now?
What are our competitors doing? What's new in our industry?
When you're "in the know" you'll be able to anticipate threats and take advantage of new opportunities. The World just went Virtual, now it’s no longer a Choice.
We realize just how historic this time is, and how vital and needed it is to rebrand, to reshape, to Skill Up, to get online, to get digital sales & marketing going.

3. React to Complexity with Clarity

Communicate to our partners and customers clearly, give clear directions and messages, and encourage them to solve complex problems together to promote teamwork and collaboration.

4. Fight Ambiguity with Agility

Stay Adaptable, even during uncertain times. Time to learn new skills, stimulate debate, and embrace creativity. Let’s plan forward, manage risks, foster change and solve problems.

• Prepare for Alternative Realities and Challenges
• Interpret and Address Relevant Opportunities

 

3- How do you engage and motivate your business partners in this gloomy economic environment? How to you explore business opportunity differently and coming out with new initiatives?

Constantly instill positive messages to our business partners, to care for them (including sending personal messages to senior leaders) to tell them we are here to support them to ensure business continuity. Together we review each situation including potential supply shortage due to panic buying from hospitals and retailers. We share contacts of surgical masks supplier and Vela Diagnostic with our partners too. We constantly monitor the latest news and update of the region, and sharing new pointers with all partners how to potentially contribute to the pandemic. For example, it is reported, Covid19 could lead to an epidemic of clinical depression. It is also likely lead to an increase in suicides.

Together, we should establish mental health initiatives, how to best deal with interpersonal isolation, anxiety and depression. We should also work with MOH to implement targeted mental health surveillance of populations at risk. Including patients with prior mental health diagnosis and elderly, followed by effective interventions to minimize suicidal ideation. 

We are also organizing the APAC Zoom Workshop 1.0, involving all commercial managers and all partners across APAC.

     

#StayCommitted #StaySafe #StayHome #Weareinthistogether

 

4- Please share us with some inspiring things during the outbreak.

Taken inspiration from mountains and trail running, a simple drawing here to spread the positive news with everyone, The Luye Family.

“Everyone is Brilliant at Something”- THE 10 MOUTAINS“When things are not sure, nothing is impossible”
   

5-What's your big learning on this outbreak?

#Biggestrisktodayisnottotakerisk
 
I am as optimistic as anyone I know. The Optimist in me believes that people see this reality and this opportunity and recognize the need to LEVEL UP and serve. The Optimist in me believes everyone will realize it's time to CHANGE and time to CONTRIBUTE.

Through every catastrophe the modern world has ever known, we have always survived. Innovators and leaders have emerged. New opportunities presented themselves. New tools were invented. Things got better.
 

The hill is coming, get disciplined, Skill up & Build NOW.

Let’s re-calibrate. Let's move the world forward, even if from home.

So, let's all start pedaling!