How to preserve workplace trust in a presidential election year

Published by TLNT on July 26, 2024

It’s the final sprint to November 5^th – tomorrow marks 100 days to go before the start of the last big push.

For many, the election is ‘the’ event of the year – and as with every election cycle, sensitive, hot-button issues bubble to the surface, and stir up uncertainty about who will lead the nation or what policies and protections may change as a result.

But all this uncertainty is unnerving to staff.

In 2020 a Gartner study found 60% of employees felt distracted and less able to get their work done because of the 2020 US presidential election. This time round, things could be far more pronounced. With younger generations more politically engaged than other generations were at their age, employees may turn up the temperature on their leaders, expecting them to stand up and speak out in even bigger ways than before.

It means there’s a real priority for CHROs/executives to have a proper plan for how they will guide their teams through it.

Read the full article, written by Axios HQ COO Jordan Zaslav