CEOs in Asia need to rev up for the post-Covid road ahead
A decade's research of thousands of the world's most prominent companies shows that it is necessary to maintain momentum in order to survive and prosper through the uncertainty.
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CHANCES are that running a company this past year has felt like trying to regain control of a spinning car. The pandemic has unleashed a tempest of economic disruption while turbo-charging existing trends such as digitisation. With employees working from home, customers taking to digital channels at unprecedented rates and news headlines signalling more unpredictability, many companies are finding their resilience tested like never before.
As business leaders look to 2021, five themes should be top of mind. We have identified these themes from conversations with CEOs across Asia since the start of the pandemic, and from our research and client work. These themes will shape the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead: the widening lead of high performers; the imperative of digitisation and data analytics; the benefits of reviewing and refreshing resource allocations across portfolios; environmental, social and governance impact (ESG); and Asia's deepening integration.
STRONG PERFORMERS ARE PULLING FURTHER AHEAD
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