Covid-19 effects on organisations and leadership

Covid-19 effects on organisations and leadership - a report

Decentralising our workplace was not the result of planning and research, led by strategically placed stepping stones and ruled by balanced routines and visions for sustainability. No, the sudden undoing of the office as we’ve known it for the last century or more, was one of the immediate effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. We find ourselves in mid-transition having to evaluate the stability of each step. What are the immediate challenges facing organisations, what can they expect going forward, and how can we build the new normal that is in some parts already here? This report reflects insights on how organisations and their people have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, representing the views of many industries and different organisational sizes.

Our report covers areas such as:

Leaders are already considering themselves remote pros
Distance brought us closer
Empathy and opening a window into our homes create employee engagement.
Remote working but not remote recruiting
Agility is a critical factor to survive
The crisis as a catalyst for desired behaviour

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“The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies and individuals to face new and disruptive challenges. In dialogues with our clients and candidates we picked up the desire to share insights with other leaders in different industries and markets. To address this need, we conducted a survey on COVID-19 and the effects on organisations and leadership. By sharing a report with the results of the survey we hope to contribute to a better understanding of the challenges, but also the opportunities, following COVID-19 and how to take charge of the workplace transformation that will follow.
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— Mattias Östlund, Managing Director Alumni Sweden

About the survey

This research surveyed 730 respondents across Nordics and UK, in June 2020.

Board members (69), C-level (458), middle management (120) and employees (84).

11 follow-up interviews with board members and executives.

If you have any questions please contact Ylva Bäckström.