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Nov 19, 2021 · As increased attendance in the office becomes expected, the narrative put out to employees as to why this is necessary talks about team building, connection and collaboration. Yes, those are ...
- Lindsay Kohler
- Companies Have Invested Too Much in Real-Estate and Office Facilities
- Old-Style Management Thinking and Philosophies
- Conclusion
Companies have already spent hundreds of thousands, if not millions on office upgrades and need to justify these expenses, on the pretense that workers "want" to go back to the office (when it's actually the managers, which I'll talk about in a minute). With so-called adjustments and fine-tuning in office seating, meeting rooms, hot desks, partitio...
I'm not going to throw around convenient terms like "boomers" just to pigeon-hole certain types of managers who are out of touch and out of date. But there are managers and leaders who only know how to lead by proximity. They have to see faces in the office and butts on seats. Like the way factories used to be managed decades ago. These managers ha...
So there you have it, this is my long essay on why we don't NEED to go back to the office. I am not trying to say that every company needs to go into a remote working model (it would be nice if they could). That's many more years in the making. Please don't give nonsensical excuses as to why coming to the office is better than working from home. Fo...
May 8, 2023 · The results from a recent poll of over 150 U.S. CEOs by Chief Executive reveals a startling reason for why many companies are enforcing a return to office. The study indicates that many ...
Feb 7, 2023 · “By inclination, executives want their people in the office, more than they do remote,” says Charley Cooper, the chief communications officer at enterprise-technology provider and blockchain ...
Jun 28, 2023 · Many workers have made it clear they do not want a widescale return-to-office. Yet, in late 2022, as an economic downturn loomed and layoffs ticked up, companies cross-sector began backtracking on ...
- Alex Christian
Post-pandemic is unlikely to look much like what happened during the pandemic. We know a fair bit about that situation, because we’ve studied it. We’ve studied telework for quite a while. The results there weren’t as nice as you might expect. People working remotely don’t do as well, and their careers don’t do as well, either.
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Jan 10, 2023 · Get your hybrid managers involved in the plan to get people back in, training them in the importance of social connection to boost employee morale. 2. Child Care. Employees with children are likely among those who are more resistant to return to the office when it makes their life harder to juggle child care.
