Close to half of the CEOs of the world’s most influential companies say a return to the “normal” workplace is not in the cards this year, according to KPMG’s latest 2021 CEO Outlook Pulse Survey.
KPMG surveyed 500 CEOs in 11 key markets to provide a timely snapshot of leaders’ views on business growth resumption, vaccine distribution, organizational risks and business transformation priorities, going forward.
According to the report, only 31 percent of CEOs are anticipating a return to normal in 2021, while 45 percent expect normalcy to resume in 2022. On top of this, 24 percent of CEOs say that their business has changed forever.
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine will have a lot to do with the return to work. Roughly 61 percent of companies are planning to wait for a successful vaccine rollout in key markets before they ask staff to return to the office, and 76 percent of companies will wait for governments in key markets to encourage businesses to