Companies are curating a fresh set of rules to cater to the current trend of remote work. While some of them may be specific to the present pandemic- induced lockdown, others may be there to stay. Employees to will need to persist with these and not insist on bringing the old ‘normal’ back. For a start, all stakeholders will need to be decisive and communicate clearly. Managers must lead by example. The talent management systems need to endorse flexibility and agile structures. Work expectations too need an adjustment of sorts. Meetings will now need to be rethought and perhaps be done over online platforms such as Zoom or Skype. Emails and Slack could further help streamline meetings. Work patterns must move to more asynchronous patterns. Productivity would suffer in the short to medium term, and we need to accept this for some time. Instead of tracking minute business intelligence, companies must focus on the broader objectives being met or not. Some time needs to be dedicated to empathize with all the stakeholders concerned. Workers too need to be afforded the space to blow off their steam.

Source:https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/the-new-rules-for-remote-work-pandemic-edition

Uploaded Date:13 May 2020