Trying for truer colours: how authenticity will retain talent post-covid

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, there had been a movement pushing for people to bring their authentic selves to work. Creating and fostering a culture of openness was seen as a way to create dynamic and thoughtful teams that produced optimal results in a new era of employee-focused wellbeing in the workplace.

The pandemic laid bare people’s resilience in a trying time, bringing personal authenticity to the forefront of the working day as people juggled their personal and working lives amidst the chaos. The hyper-authenticity employees have been forced to display while getting the job done leaves them with greater expectations of companies to display and practice authenticity in return for their hard work. The tables have turned and it’s the employee holding most, but not all, of the cards.

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