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Despite the \u2018Delta variant\u2019, as vaccination rates rise and pandemic restrictions loosen, a \u2018new normal\u2019<\/strong> will arise back to work.\u00a0 There are still more questions than answers, but here are a few things to consider.\u00a0 For many, the work location pendulum swung from largely in the office (pre pandemic) to largely remote during the pandemic.\u00a0 I expect the pendulum to land somewhere in the middle and will vary between organizations.\u00a0 Companies have a lot to think about for their post pandemic workplace transformation, and will consider the 5 back to work models<\/a>. What model do you expect your organization to use?<\/p>\n It is clear that the \u2018new normal\u2019<\/strong> isn\u2019t here yet, at least not in the greater Toronto area.<\/p>\n While banks and others have started to issue their vaccination policies, I don\u2019t believe they are implemented, so the largely vacant office towers and parking lots of Toronto continue.<\/p>\n Each company will need to balance the business\/customer needs with employee preferences\/needs and evolve the strategy & related execution.\u00a0 I expect there to be a wide range of employer policies implemented and an even wider range of employee responses with a higher-than-average number of people changing roles in the coming months.<\/p>\n WHAT WILL BACK TO WORK LOOK LIKE FOR KNOWLEDGE WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS? Despite the \u2018Delta variant\u2019, as vaccination rates rise and pandemic restrictions loosen, a \u2018new normal\u2019 will arise back to work.\u00a0 There are still more questions than answers, but here are a few things to consider.\u00a0 For many, the work location pendulum swung […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":1384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1393,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions\/1393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elite-minds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\u201cOne prediction of returning to work post-COVID: \u2018Unpredictable and potentially chaotic\u2019\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n
– Meera Jagannathan<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n
For Employees:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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What do you think the top employee topics are for the post pandemic workplace?<\/h2>\n
For Employers:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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What do you think the top employer topics are for the post pandemic workplace?<\/h2>\n
How many companies do you think will get it right in 2021 (successful business, happy\/engaged employees & customers)?<\/h2>\n
Thanks to the ICD BoardInfo<\/a> service and my peers of the 92nd<\/sup> class of Rotman – Directors Education Program<\/a> for their input\/contribution to this blog.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"