12th May 2020
Flexible working in a post Covid-19 world
Covid-19 has forced companies to think about their flexible working options. Even those that previously had no infrastructure in place to allow their people to work from home have had to come up with solutions fast. But what does this mean for the future of flexible working? And how do companies go about leading virtual teams? In his article Adi Gaskell asks, will we return to the office after Covid-19?
From the Article:
It’s perhaps a reasonable assumption that this period of forced remote working will normalize the practice sufficiently that it will become a more consistent part of working life. As such, it’s perhaps important to understand how to effectively lead a virtual team.
“The COVID-19 experience has changed the way we have worked and will undoubtedly have long-term consequences for the way we work and manage in the future,” Mark Smith, Dean of Faculty at the Grenoble Ecole de Management, told me. “While there are many advantages for employees to be able to work from home it also presents a challenge for both employees and managers.”
Working in such a way is a distinct break from the norm for many, and so it’s important to establish new heuristics and ways of working. It’s likely that virtual teams will need a lot more nurturing than face-to-face teams, in large part because the norms that emerge during face-to-face encounters take much longer to establish online.
You can read the full article online: Will We Return To The Office After COVID-19?
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