A recent worldwide survey found 17% of companies surveyed are testing workers for COVID-19, and half of those are testing at least once a week. Although testing is widely available, most companies cite cost and complexity as the main reasons to forgo testing.

Learning and development is vital for nearly half of employees surveyed by Kahoot, but 66% of employers haven't improved workplace education as a result of the shift to a remote workforce. In addition, the data shows that 65% of employees say they've lost a sense of collegiality with their co-workers and 29% say they feel less engaged.

A recent survey by Prudential found that employees' interest in and use of financial wellness programs has increased significantly because of the pandemic. The areas they most want to see addressed are digital communications, disaster relief, hardship withdrawals, new financial wellness programs and in-plan retirement income.

Procter & Gamble's 5E Leadership Model was developed long ago, but the principles of deliberate vision creation and employee engagement remain essential for managing distributed and virtual teams, writes former CEO Robert McDonald. The extra challenge now is to figure out the behaviors that execute on the ideas of "Envision and Engage" without requiring in-person travel, McDonald argues.