How does anyone work like this? Is it possible that 95% of those working for your organization don’t even get the company strategy? Probably because 93% of them feel like they aren’t being communicated with clearly.
They focus on hybrid work, I think these commandments should be applied in every situation. I don’t care if you all work in the office full-time, remotely across the country full-time, or any combination in between.
Intention, communication, setting expectations, and living the example will go a long way with your team. There’s no reason to not follow these commandments for working as a team, regardless of location. This is a great outline for how to set the rules of engagement, provide the proper tools and solid communication, and continually measure the effectiveness of what you’re doing.
How does your team measure up to the experts?
Building A Learning Organization: Investing In Employee Growth And Development
Generative AI Could Reduce Law Firm Revenue by 23.5%– Interesting look at something that all industries using a billable hour model should be considering. More efficient work isn’t always profitable for you, which should raise larger questions.
Are your leaders sabotaging your company culture?– Poor leaders create poor culture, and there’s no avoiding it.
7 Interview Questions That Will Reveal a Company’s Culture– It can be difficult to know what a company is really like, maybe some of these can help.
Leaders often throw benefits out to solve the problem, when work might actually be the problem. A great employee assistance program, health insurance that fairly covers mental healthcare, heck maybe they even threw in a few meditation app subscriptions for free. “See, we care!”
But the employee is quietly suffering from a lack of any connection to coworkers, poor communication with their boss, workplace stress, or even bullying and harassment, with no one in leadership to talk to. That’s not going to make them feel like you care.
Microsoft says M365 June outages were DDoS attacks– This is scary given how many businesses depend on M365 to be available.
Law Firms Must Normalize Working Parenthood to Retain Talent
What I appreciate about the newsletter that I’ve linked below is that they go out of their way to point out how often we use language about a workplace culture that makes it seem like something we have no control over. It reminds me of the weather this time of year in South Louisiana. Everything we plan in the Summer is subject to the weather. An outdoor activity might get canceled because of storms, heat, hurricanes, etc. Weather events happen to us. We get no say.
That’s not what is happening in your workplace.
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