Why do we need to move beyond the limits of work-life “balance?” And why is the shift to work+life “fit” so powerful? This… Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson bravely shared the following at her confirmation hearing: “I know it has not been easy as I have tried to navigate the challenges of juggling my career and […]
New research from Microsoft summarized in this Harvard Business Review article by Jared Spataro confirms that we’ve arrived where I predicted we would end up months ago. Now it’s about how to operationalize and optimize the flexible way we will work and manage life “next.” That will entail: 1) Leaders aligning behind a shared vision and understanding of what […]
A new survey from McKinsey & Company looks at both quit and return to work trends as reported in this recent Forbes story by Emmy Lucas. While flexibility ranked highest for why employees returned to work, during my interview I cautioned that flexibility is more than just remote/hybrid work. “Hybrid keeps people stuck, because it’s keeping us way […]
With no choice, the pandemic forced us to radically transform the way we work and manage our lives. But now as we move forward, the path is less clear and we’re struggling. Some believe it’s best to “go back” to “normal” while millions are quitting, joining the Great Resignation as they seek money, flexibility, and […]
This is going to be interesting… Investors and the SEC are now trying to identify and quantify the drivers that attract and retain human capital, AND also how to value human capital more effectively. BUT… They are focusing primarily on compensation (per the article), which may be easier to quantify and does matter to people, […]
As the next round of return to office dates loom, I joined William Corless on his Workplace Podcast to discuss best practices and the right and wrong ways to think about hybrid and flexible work. I particularly enjoy my conversations with William, an organizational development and mediation expert based in Dublin, Ireland (this is my second […]
Micrsoft’s internal announcement will move to the company’s sixth and final stage of the hybrid work model, effective Feb. 28, 2022, provides great insights into high performance flexibility as a dynamic, responsive way of operating: –Health data has driven the onsite recalibration through the six stages of increased onsite presence during the pandemic. There wasn’t […]
People often ask me “how have you seen the early acceleration of so many work trends?” I look for patterns and symmetry…the signal within the noise. Here’s a recent example I think is noteworthy: The Conference Board released its C-Suite 2022 Outlook entitled “Reset and Reimagine” that noted CEOs expect “Leading in a New World of […]
Recently, I was a guest on CyberTheory’s “Cybersecurity Unplugged” podcast where I shared my perspectives on “How to Approach the Reality of Remote Work,” including: How we’re still unwinding the ramifications of the pandemic’s almost overnight shift to remote work and the rapid adoption of new technology most of us had not been using How […]
An outstanding story from Marketplace economics reporter Sabri Ben-Achour, “Two Years into the Pandemic, What is Work?” I joined Brian Kropp, head of Gartner’s HR practice, and Paul Statham, CEO of Condeco, to provide perspective. “But when companies bring workers back to the office, be it for one day or all days, they have to answer a question: Why? […]