The global health crisis has changed almost everything, including the way we all view our businesses. It has given companies a chance to reimagine not only how they are organised, but how to adapt, innovate, compete, and work.
Right now, you are undoubtedly aware that every decision you make has a profound influence on the future of both your company and the talent who comes to work for you.
You are facing new problems you’ve never had to solve.
How do you reopen quickly?
If you’ve already opened, how do you regain momentum? How do you keep your employees and clients safe? Of course, you’re also dealing with questions that never go away. For starters: How do you manage your workforce more efficiently in order to achieve your goals more effectively?
The point is, whether you’ve been in business for generations or since just last year, whether you have ten thousand workers or one hundred, in many ways, we are all back at the starting line. Now, every business is a new business. And it is the companies that make smart choices today that are going to thrive in the future.
Kelly has been partnering with all types of organisations, in all types of economic circumstances, for more than 70 years. And, looking at the world right now, this much we know: While it’s true we’re living in unprecedented times, it’s also a time of opportunity. So let’s take it.
Together, carefully and thoughtfully, we can get your business where it needs to go.
One of the best ways to solve our clients’ business problems is by listening. These are some of the things we’ve been hearing.
“38% of workers expect to return to the workplace at some point in 2021 or beyond.”1
“Working from home can increase performance more than 10% – almost an extra day of output per week.”2
“[APAC] is projected to grow by 6.9% in 2021… it implies a further drop in the level of output in 2021 than envisaged earlier.”3
“79% [of executives polled] say COVID-19 in-creased budgets for digital transformation.”4
“75% of employees say they’ve faced burnout at work, with 40% saying they’ve experience burnout during the pandemic specifically.”5
Sources: 1. https://www.conference-board.org/topics/natural-disasters-pandemics/press/2020-reopening-survey 2. https://news.stanford.edu/2020/03/30/productivity-pitfalls-work-ing-home-age-covid-19/ 3.https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/APAC/Issues/2020/10/21/regional-economic-outlook-apd 4. https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/09/10/97-of-execu-tives-say-covid-19-sped-up-digital-transformation/ 5. https://hrexecutive.com/most-of-us-are-burned-out-what-more-can-hr-do-to-help/