{"id":560021,"date":"2021-02-11T03:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/11\/my-wfh-routine-solomon-baumgartner-aviles-ceo-and-chairman-of-lafarge-egypt\/"},"modified":"2021-02-11T03:50:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T03:50:52","slug":"my-wfh-routine-solomon-baumgartner-aviles-ceo-and-chairman-of-lafarge-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/02\/11\/my-wfh-routine-solomon-baumgartner-aviles-ceo-and-chairman-of-lafarge-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"My WFH Routine: Solomon Baumgartner-Aviles, CEO and chairman of Lafarge Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-08\"><\/a> <strong>Solomon Baumgartner-Aviles, CEO and chairman of Lafarge Egypt:<\/strong> Each week, my Morning \/ WFH Routine looks at how a successful member of the community starts their day \u2014 and then throws in a couple of random business questions just for fun. Speaking to us this week is Solomon Baumgartner-Aviles, CEO and chairman of Lafarge Egypt (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/solomon-baumgartner-aviles-9525023\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>). Edited excerpts from our conversation:<\/p>\n<p><strong>My name is Solomon Baumgartner, I\u2019m a multinational.<\/strong> I say that because I come from a mixed background \u2014 my mother is African, my father is Swiss and I spent my early childhood in Saudi Arabia. I'm an engineer by background and my passion is for people. I\u2019ve been working now for 20 years on international assignments across five continents with Lafarge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I see myself as a facilitator and a coach<\/strong>. Being a facilitator during a pandemic means guiding people, developing routines and helping facilitate performance. As a coach your objective is to keep everyone focused, aligned and communicating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lafarge Egypt has been WFH since March.<\/strong> As things loosened up a little we left it up to our office staff to decide whether they would like to go back to the office, but in November we went back to full WFH. Personally, I find it very important to be with people, so I make it a point to still be physically present whenever I can. I can't ask people to expose themselves while I'm safe at home. We have roughly 1.1k site workers and 400-600 people at our offices. The manufacturing site, where most people are employed, is a 24\/7 operation where WFH is really not an option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I arrived two days before the lockdown.<\/strong> In the first month on the job I was faced with my first major decision to send everybody home. Creating relationships through Zoom and Teams really wasn't all that easy. As efficient as they can be they\u2019re often not the most effective in establishing relationships. I micromanaged way more than I would\u2019ve liked at the very beginning, but it was necessary to instill these daily routines and establish a strategy together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We were able to go on Zoom from day one.<\/strong> Our remote working network was already capable of supporting the WFH shift pretty effortlessly, which was a huge advantage and even allowed us to connect with the families of our employees. It was really stressful for everyone at the beginning but when we ran a company-wide survey on work arrangements we found that most people favored a partial WFH scheme. We were at our most efficient and effective when people were choosing what worked best for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I'm an industrial guy by background so I get up pretty early. <\/strong>I start my day at around 5:00 am. I do emails and read Enterprise from home when it\u2019s still nice and calm. Once admin work is done, I get breakfast ready with my family. I have two boys, a nine year-old and a three year-old. I drop my older son off at school at 7:15 am and stop by Starbucks before heading into the office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starbucks in the morning is crucial for me:<\/strong> It's the first indicator of business and helps me gauge how the day is going to go. At 9:00 am I have individual meetings with leadership and twice a week we meet as a team for performance checks and health and safety reviews. Usually in the afternoons I try to be on site or have client meetings\u2014which have mostly been on Duo during the pandemic. My final hours are spent looking at the day\u2019s numbers and gathering the right questions to ask my team the following morning. I'm home by around 8:00 pm to have dinner with my family and normally start winding down by 9:00 pm when I get to spend some time with my wife before getting a good night\u2019s rest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I take Arabic classes in the mornings<\/strong> three times a week. But I have to say, it\u2019s more difficult than I anticipated. My first language was actually Arabic, since I spent my early childhood in Saudi Arabia, and I imagined it would be buried inside somewhere. I\u2019ve also taken up boxing since moving to Egypt. It's an agile and versatile sport \u2014 well-suited for the times we\u2019re in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making sure you\u2019re doing well at your job without burning yourself out is essential.<\/strong> I've had a tendency to be consumed by my work, but I\u2019ve learned you need to be more mindful of what you\u2019re doing and how you do things. 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