Without warning, our traditional ways of working, which we have relied upon since the dawn of industrialisation, have been rendered inadequate. It is unlikely that our business practices will emerge from this pandemic unchanged, and across the globe we have been challenged to adapt to new ways of working that we cannot even envisage.

The impacts of the Coronavirus have forced employers and their employees to respond and adapt to change much more rapidly than usual. With much uncertainty around how employers will begin to bring their workforce back and what the new normal will look like, preparing and developing employees to be adaptable to change will benefit them and the wider business in the long term.