The Office is Dead, Now What?

Everyone thinks the pandemic caused a terrible work experience for employees. In The Office is Dead, Now What? A Post-Pandemic Field Guide for Leadership, Maryanne Spatola makes the compelling case that the pandemic actually put the spotlight on and amplified the faulty leadership practices we've endured in the workplace for decades.



The pandemic showed us new ways to lead, to both treat people as whole human beings and achieve the organizational results we seek.



Three overarching themes pulsate throughout this book:

Changing workforce expectations for life and workEvolving workplace designs that invite people to do their best workLeadership practices learned from the pandemic

Written through the lens of a coach, this field guide includes coaching questions, models, tools, reflective exercises, and shared stories from interviews. Coupled with relevant research to inspire new approaches, The Office is Dead, Now What? will challenge your thinking and invite new perspectives, prompting you to discover actionable insights to prevent us from slipping "back to the way it was" and lead us to a better future for work and life.