Some big companies are forcing people back to the office
We are watching a battle for hearts and minds happening in real time. Some companies such as Meta (Facebook), Amazon, JP Morgan and Salesforce are mandating a return to the office for a fixed portion of the week – and incentivising their managers to achieve it. Others are taking a different path, promoting more flexibility. The jobs marketplace and the battle for talent is going to decide the best approach.
What hasn’t changed
As usual, the middle management bears the brunt in challenging times as they juggle the C suite directions and directives against the expectations of their team members to find workable solutions. Leadership and management has changed as a result of market forces and changes to work and middle management need more support than ever before. Please book a call or email us to find out how we can help you help them to be more successful.
What have we been up to?
We have taken our strapline out on the road and delivered a very well received presentation at UWE Business School – with a record attendance for a breakfast networking meeting – covering why traditional management is dead, what killed it and what organisation need to do now.
We got some great attendee feedback: “Thanks for today, I got real value out of the conversations.”
Can you help us?
Have you got anyone in your network that we could talk to who has good experience of taking teams remote and developing them after that transition? Particularly teams that struggled with the move to remote/hybrid working. Or building teams with hybrid/remote elements?
We would love to have a conversation with them to get lessons out of their experiences. Real-world information is gold dust for us. Obviously, we will be very happy to share relevant information and examples from our research with them in return.
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