If there was ever a need to focus on organizational change, it is now.

Unwittingly, the COVID-19 pandemic has given organizations the greatest opportunity they may ever be given. We have been forced into new working models. We proved that remote working works. We experienced the ups and downs. We were compelled to overcome the challenges. 

Now is the time to embrace flexible work as our new reality. Some organizations have demanded that everyone return to the workplace on a full-time basis. But the majority have realized that work is going to be very different from how it was in the past.

We are already seeing a lot about “The Great Resignation”—a term coined by Anthony Klotz to refer to the large number of people who will leave their jobs post-pandemic. Employees are now in the driving seat. They have proven they can work remotely and many are not constrained by geographical location when seeking an employer. If workplace leaders don’t manage this transition well and provide the flexibility employees want, they will seek work somewhere else.