-: Our research shows us that
there are really different segments of employees.
Anywhere from 50% to 60%
really want to keep some sort of flexibility,
but not just flexibility of place,
also flexibility of time-when they work.
So it's not just about do you have an office or not.
But then, another 40% to 50%
are dying to get back to the office.
They need to be around people to work.
They value working in rooms with colleagues.
And so, the managers of the future and leaders of the future
are going to have to build the muscle
to manage, engage, develop, coach, connect with employees
in very different situations and manage that,
That's like a no-regret move
if you haven't started already building the muscle
of your leaders to do that.
We have one client,
a financial services company we've been working with,
that identified that priority as early as last June
and identified their best managers
who are able to manage remotely-
and use them to create a program that
upskilled 1,500 managers. Based on that pilot,
they're now well on their way of upskilling
over 50,000.
Lots of learnings there.