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Why Did Pandemic Push Executives To Manage Their Teams Better?

On the importance of encouraging humanity, vulnerability, and proper rest in the workplace.

Dr. Maria Stern
5 min readFeb 23, 2022
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Many researchers predicted that the new challenges the pandemic posed on us, like working from home, would “create a productivity disaster for firms.”

But what really happened was the opposite of a productivity disaster.

Despite all odds, organizations saw a 48% increase in job satisfaction. And higher job satisfaction leads to an average of 31% surge in productivity.

Many executives said that the pandemic pushed them to improve their management strategies and actually get to know their team members.

But how was that possible? Why were the experts on all-things-business so wrong in their predictions?

Well, during the pandemic, executives re-discovered the value of three simple things: humanity, vulnerability, and proper rest.

Discover how that helped them manage their teams and boost productivity below.

A Revelation: Almighty Executives Are Human, After All

The formality of the office space makes it easy to forget that executives are also human.

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Dr. Maria Stern
Dr. Maria Stern

Written by Dr. Maria Stern

Founder and CEO of GRC. Art addict, science preacher. My formula: and if not now, then when? https://thegrc.co/

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