Business Psychologist & Coach: Helping Business Founders & Corporate Leaders build great organisations
As more and more workers return to the office, organisations need to recognise that employees are not the same people they were pre-pandemic. Although employee roles and skills may not have changed much, mindsets, behaviours and expectations certainly have, and that means a new corporate culture will emerge. If left to grow organically it means organisations are ignoring a key driver of performance, and, in the case of regulated entities, potentially a key contributor to a crisis. Culture matters and it needs to be managed - a positive, productive work culture won't just happen by chance! My article outlines how organisations can begin to address the invisible force of culture in this ongoing return-to-work environment. If you would like to know more about assessing corporate culture or how to create a positive, high-performing culture, then get in touch. I would love to hear from you. martina@mdconsulting.com
Eva Szalay
1y
So true!
Strategic HR Consultant / Workforce Planning / Talent Optimization / Scalability
1yInteresting and insightful. Leaders can no longer summarily dismiss requests for remote work as it has been proven that some (not all) but some roles are actually well suited to this arrangement and some employees can actually be more productive this way. It also helps companies access candidates who might otherwise not apply, but with this flexibility they can now be part of the workforce. A way to access talent where there is a lower cost of labor? I also think in some cases Managers need to make a more thoughtful business case for why onsite work matters. “Face time” doesn’t carry the same weight it once did. It’s very hard to put Pandora back in the box once it has been opened. The challenge will be for the recent grads who began their careers in the pandemic. Many missed out on a lot of workforce socialization and may need to take a step back or at least a pause on their advancement to learn some of the basics. Will be interesting what happens if we have a significant market pullback. Great article.