The impact of the global Covid-19 crisis on the workplace: the new normal

Employee and organization preferences on returning to the workplace or continuing to work remotely

Scenarios and key strategies leaders can deploy to

help with the transition

Discover common "no-regret" actions leaders need to  invest in for the workplace

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The workplace of the future. What employees want and how business might react.

In conducting this research, Headspring has complemented field interviews from business leaders and HR professionals. The goal was to understand whether the forced experience of virtual working would impact the way we work in the future. We targeted senior leaders: those who make decisions on the organizational architecture and have the biggest say in where to go from here.

Preferences on returning to the workplace or continuing to work remotely.

Strategies leaders can deploy to help with the transition.

Discover the actions leaders need to invest in for the workplace.

70% of participants believe that employees will be more likely to truly embrace remote work after the crisis

68% of participants believe that senior leadership will be supportive of adopting remote work as a long term model

We identified four scenarios that are likely to emerge based on differences of opinion between organisations and employees

Middle Management

C-Level

Senior Management

Our dataset is comprised of 482 analyzable responses. The sample characteristics includes over 60% of participants being members of senior management or c-level.

The great majority of research participants work in HR-related functions, including Learning and Talent Development.

Work in HR

The covid-19 crisis affected businesses accross all major sectors, some positively others negatively. However, the impact has undoubtedly has been felt by everyone. Our research cover all major industries, including the following ones:

Pharma

Business Services

FMCG

Financial Services

Tech

North America

EU + UK

Australia

While we have seen significant differences in the level of success with which each country have dealt with the crisis, no region was immune to the impact of the pandemic. We spoke with professionals from North America, Europe and Australia. 

5,000+

1,000 - 5,000

50 - 1,000

While the size of the company plays a role, our research identified that the existence and the absence of good processes are key in the success of remote work.

Senior Executive in Talent Management, Researcher and Author

Professor of HR & Organisational Development, IE Business School

Angela is a senior executive with more than 25 years of experience leading global Human Resource functions. Angela has led transformational change of the talent landscape across a range of Fortune 250 companies, by equipping leaders with practical tools, steeped in the science of high performance. Her recent book, ‘FairTalk: Three Steps to Powerful Feedback,’ provides an accessible framework to enable leaders to drive  performance through feedback.

Dr. Sergey Gorbatov teaches, speaks, researches, and writes about the complex sciences of leadership, organizational behaviour and human resources, while making it simple. Outside of academia, Sergey is Director, Talent Management at AbbVie, a Fortune 100 company. In this role, Sergey leads and supports an incredibly talented team of professionals who are responsible for the talent management portfolio across the world. 

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