What is corporate long COVID? The latest challenge stunting employee productivity
PRODUCTIVITY: There's a new buzzword for the decline in productivity some organizations have experienced in the wake of the COVID-19, and it has a familiar ring to it: corporate long COVID. Only 32% of American employees are happy and engaged in their work, according to a recent poll from Gallup. This lag in employee sentiment, otherwise known as corporate long COVID, includes the loss of skills, customer dissatisfaction, lost sales and gaps in employee performance.
"COVID accelerated certain inevitable outcomes about the way we do business, and at the same time it disrupted certain areas," says Samer Saab, CEO of employee insights platform Explorance. "The main premise is that we can treat it as a disease — we can diagnose it once we know what the problem is and where exactly it needs to be addressed."
REMOTE WORK: More than half of employees say the ability to live somewhere else is a major benefit of working remotely, according to a survey by MoneyTransfers.com, a money transfer comparison tool. A separate survey by the Harris poll found that 55% of millennials are considering moving abroad, due to factors like cost of living, a better quality of life, and the ability to have new experiences. Here are the best cities to live in, according to MoneyTransfers.com:
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HEALTHY HABITS: Paula Davis , author of "Beating Burnout At Work," says the foundation of morning routines are starting off your day with small wins that create a sense of accomplishment that carries over into the rest of the day. Even making your bed can be a small win. "When we see a sense of progress in really small ways, in goals that really matter to us, it's enormously motivational," Davis says. "And seeing that sense of progress refuels us to keep doing more of the same." Here's how to establish a morning routine that works for you: