Implementing work from home may pose certain challenges for organizations; however, if planned and managed well, it can yield several long term business benefits for the organizations as well as for the employees.
Clearly, there are distinct and quantifiable advantages of remote working for the employees as well as for the organizations.
Implemented in the right way, work from home has the potential to become of the biggest wins for organizations and integral to their business strategies.
The post-COVID world for HR professionals is likely to see new challenges that require fresh thinking, new approaches and significant learning to keep pace with these changes in the workplace.
Work from Home can be a powerful tool for organizations; they can keep in mind a few simple guidelines to help employees maximize their productivity while working from home.
In this current situation, empathy among remote co-workers is the need of the hour to drive collaboration and teamwork.
All organizations adopt the digital workplace as an integral part of their strategy for business growth and sustenance.
Under these challenging conditions, it is critical that frontline managers and team leaders quickly learn the skills of remote management of teams and to maximize their productivity.
Organizations too will have a lot to learn from this, which will impact how they run and manage their businesses in the future and how their workplaces operate.
The long-term impact of Corona Virus pandemic on the workplace will be significant.