Viewed in The Wall Street Journal “The workplace is in the middle of an unusual collision between what bosses and workers want,” The Wall Street Journal reports. That is quite a statement, but the evidence to support it is compelling. Employees feeling empowered The result is that today’s workplace has many battleground traits with employees… More
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The 5 Hybrid and Remote Work Models for Your Business
Viewed in Inc. Even in normal business times, business terms are seemingly ever-evolving and ever-emerging. But when a crisis, opportunity, or trend emerges, these new business terms develop at even an even more rapid pace. Keep pace with change In such scenarios, the burden falls on executives, managers, and employees to keep pace with new… More
Read more...5 Ways to Ask Your Boss for More Flexibility at Work
Viewed in Fast Company The pandemic has proven immensely tumultuous to the traditional work environment, leading that environment to often be anything but traditional as we begin 2021. The biggest change is the vast emergence of work from home trends and the associated challenges of keeping businesses moving with employees decentralized and facing the new… More
Read more...7 Reasons why 2021 will be even bigger and better for remote workers
Viewed in Fast Company If there has been one profoundly altering impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on global business, it has been the closure of many physical offices globally and the ascent of remote work. Surveys conducted by FlexJobs in 2020 tell the story. In February 2020, 4.7 million Americans (3.4 percent of the population)… More
Read more...Fortune survey: 62% of CEOs plan policy changes in response to current calls for racial justice
Viewed in Fortune The global economy was already rattled with coronavirus-related job losses and other economic damage when social unrest related to the May 25 killing of George Floyd emerged. The dual crises are proving immensely challenging to the global economy—and to the CEOs that run many of the world’s companies. So how are… More
Read more...Businesses are ready to embrace remote work. Employees aren’t convinced
Viewed in Inc. A vast number of global employees have been forced into remote work because of the coronavirus pandemic. Nor do we yet know for sure when the pandemic will end or when exactly employees will be safe to return to work. Once that moment arrives, however, will employees actually want to return to… More
Read more...When it’s time to go back to the office, will it still be there?
Viewed in The Wall Street Journal. Someday,” Wall Street Journal reporters Dana Mattioli and Konrad Putzier write, “the coronavirus pandemic will release its grip on our lives and we will return to the workplace.” But will the workplace as we know it still be there? Opportunity to rethink the way they do business The coronavirus… More
Read more...I’ve worked from home for 22 years. Here’s what I’ve learned.
Viewed in The Wall Street Journal. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold globally with over a million confirmed cases as of this writing, a great number of individuals are choosing to or being forced into working remotely from home. Many of these employees have never worked remotely before, and many companies have a limited… More
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