Are you preparing your team for a hybrid work model later this year?
We are at the precipice of a disruption as great as last year’s sudden shift to remote work. Experts cite four practices to start now to ensure success in hybrid work.
Develop the discipline of inclusion.
“Inclusion is a deliberate motion. During meetings, watch air time and make sure that every person (remote or in-office) gets a fair share of it. Invite people with perceived lower status (e.g., junior team members) to speak first.”
Tsedal Neeley
Harvard Business School
Invest in giving your people new perspectives.
“Employee expectations are changing, and we will need to define productivity much more broadly — inclusive of collaboration, learning, and wellbeing to drive career advancement for every worker.”
Satya Nadella
CEO, Microsoft
Start to elevate the quality of your meetings now
“McKinsey found 80% of remote workers said they enjoy working from home, and 69% are just as or more productive at home. If the boss is asking people to come to the office, she should be ready to deliver a better meeting’ experience.”
Glenn Fajardo
Stanford University
Organizational culture trumps geographical differences.
“Culture is shared values (what we believe in) and shared norms (how we do things). Each team leader should be a culture carrier. Make sure that you are explicit about shared values and norms. Make sure that you demonstrate them.”
Tsedal Neeley
Harvard Business School
