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Only 47% of CEOs Expect 2021 Revenue to Recover to Pre-COVID Levels

CEOs think businesses will emerge from the pandemic “using more contract workers and fewer permanent staff,” and videoconferencing will replace much business travel, reported the Conference Board Thursday. It canvassed more than 1,300 CEOs globally, finding only 47% predicting pre-COVID-19…

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revenue levels return sometime in 2021. Chief executives think the crisis “will compel them to accelerate their digital transformation plans and rethink their business models” but don’t see an urgent need to restructure their supply chains, it said. Flexible work schedules will the biggest change emerging from the pandemic, it said. Permanently increasing the number of employees who can work remotely will be the second biggest.