De COVID-19 pandemie heeft geleid tot een dramatische verschuiving in de organisatie van het werk. Voor veel organisaties betekent dit dat ze overgaan op een hybride werkmodel, waarbij sommige werknemers op afstand werken en anderen op kantoor komen. Dit kan een uitdaging zijn voor managers.
Lees meerMeeting-free days might be the first step in creating a high-performance hybrid workspace. We expect middle managers to be less the controller and more the enabler. Managing information workers means shaping the workplace with the team that allows the outcomes to be produced.
Lees meerIt’s no secret that the traditional 9 to 5 job is becoming a thing of the past. With the advent of technology, information workers can now work from anywhere at any time. This has led to a rise in freelance and contract work and a trend of people working multiple jobs to make ends meet. So what’s the answer? How do we create an organizational system for this new way of life?
One possible solution is job crafting.
When employers are afraid to fire underperformers, they risk having quiet quitters in the team. We call it Quiet Quitting when colleagues are delivering just enough work, negatively affecting other staff’s engagement.
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It’s time we start with remote work as the default setup and not as an add-on to business as usual. The office is dead; long live the office(s).
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Last week, a few hundred people participated in person and via video stream to launch my new book: Thuisvoordeel. The first feedback also showed the need to think about our organizations in hybrid and asynchronous terms.
The past year has been at the least an experiment in organizations’ ability to adjust to ever-changing restrictions and how they interact with customers. Being able to have face-to-face interaction while optimizing the flexibility of remote workers is the new frontier in the business world. Now that the pandemic is leveling out and people are feeling comfortable returning to regular activities, there is the question of how businesses should operate now?
Is going back to the office the best choice? Some companies seem to think so, as idolizing the traditional office space and 40-hour workweek is a standard many just won’t shake. Can’t teach an old dog new tricks, as the saying goes. But is this really what is best for your organization? Has the last year not shown the many benefits being able to work remotely offers?
With a foot in each door, the compromise of a hybrid-style working environment seems an ideal solution. There are many reasons why a hybrid work model is an answer to the question of what businesses should focus on going forward.
In business, it’s important to look ahead and prepare as best you can for any bumps in the road. With globalization as the norm, the possibility of another mass pandemic is always looming overhead. The logical and possibly wisest decision of how to operate your organization is to adopt ways of working that allow for continued success if forced to work under similar restrictions again. The Hybrid model accounts for this and is the best compromise you can offer your employees.
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