Salesforce is taking cues from other major tech companies in declaring the 9-to-5 working day dead and giving employees the freedom to design their schedule. With people’s working expectations permanently shifted by the pandemic, employers are taking note and making adjustments.

Leading a team can be difficult at the best of times, and amid a mass uptake of remote working due to COVID-19, fresh challenges have emerged. Canvas8 spoke to Ina Purvanova, professor of leadership and management at Drake University, to learn the traits of a great virtual leader.

How is the gig economy evolving? What is the future of work-life balance? And how can managers drive performance remotely? In this part of the 2021 Expert Outlook, we speak to three experts about how people are adapting to the massive changes taking place in work environments.

Once considered unproductive, working from home has proven to be a viable and, in some cases, more fruitful option for many companies, and it’s causing both employees and employers to reevaluate their policies. Recognizing this, Twitter's announced that its employees can WFH indefinitely.