Insights into current thinking: what matters to the Board and the workforce

The last two years has seen corporates and boardrooms operating in an unpredictable world and facing new and unforeseen challenges due to the Pandemic. Now more than ever it’s become important for boards to understand the wants and needs of their employees.

This report is designed to understand the current thinking of board members and senior managers and compare how that aligns with the thinking of their workforce. We also wanted to see, as the Pandemic recedes, what the C-Suite and the workforce think will be important when implementing their company values and strategy.

Board Members, senior executives and younger employees (aged 25-40) from over 2000 of the world’s leading companies were interviewed via an online survey during August 2021.

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Insights into current thinking: what matters to the Board and the workforce