The election might be over, but the fall-out is only just beginning

Published by ERE Media on November 6, 2024

For some CHROs, it was hard enough keeping a lid on politics in the workplace. But Jordan Zaslav, COO at Axios HQ, says they now need to have a handle on dealing with the result of the election too.

Q: We know that prior to the election, it was a tense time, but with the result now in the bag, why do employers need to worry about the immediate post-election period?

A: “While the pre-election period is definitely the loudest, and when most division occurs, the immediate period ‘after’ the election is when employees will obviously start to feel more impacted by the result. There’s clearly lots of talk prior to the election, and now, leaders may have a tendency to think ‘the result is in, and so we can all move on.’ But the reality is that large cohorts of staff will now be feeling really unhappy about the result, and feeling upset and distressed. When this comes into the workplace, this sentiment almost becomes a silent tax, sapping productivity and engagement levels.”

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