This is the first in Forum Solutions’ five-part series: Business Value Creation - Post Pandemic, designed to help businesses create value in the wake of COVID.

This is a defining moment for organizations - no one has been spared the impact that COVID has had on businesses, communities, and us as individuals. In the wake of this unprecedented time, it is important for organizations to face critical questions - the answers to which will define success for the next decade.

The stakes are higher than ever: ‘new norms’ of remote working, seismic changes to ways of managing people, and the need to build long-term resiliency. Your vision must be clear and carefully considered and the path forward starts by considering your company culture. The symbiotic relationship between vision and a thriving culture is what will drive your business forward.

Though the pandemic introduced unforeseen shocks to the economy, the critical elements that every organization must address when planning for the future remain the same: setting a Strategic Vision, cultivating Leadership and Culture, developing the Workforce of the Future and building organizational Resiliency.

Strategic Vision – Reevaluating priorities in the wake of the COVID pandemic, should start with aligning on a vision for the future that includes: growth, innovation, operational stability, and employee health and safety.
Leadership + Culture - It is important now to maintain and continuously cultivate organizational culture, especially in remote environments. This begins with leaders who nurture creativity, celebrate innovation, and build trust while driving the company’s strategic priorities.
Workforce of the Future - The workforce of the future must incorporate flexibility in how, when, and where work is done. This enables an employee to work during the hours that make them most productive. How do you best innovate and measure productivity in a virtual setting?
Resiliency – Operating within a disaster response environment requires processing and acting on rapidly changing information, while navigating a cascade of “unknown unknowns”. Your business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan, if you have one, likely guided you through this pandemic. Today’s BC/DR plans need to evolve to support rapid changes and increased uncertainty.

Forum Solutions’ five-part series: Business Value Creation - Post Pandemic can help you evolve your vision, strengthen your leadership and culture, inspire and engage your workforce of the future, and ultimately build your resiliency:

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