The brave new world of hybrid productivity
Leaders must spend time shaping their idea of what a hybrid working culture should look like and become a living example of the behaviours that define it, says Agility in Mind CEO, Andrew Jones.
Why retail leaders have reason to be worried about productivity
Important ways for HR teams to support this is by making sure employees feel connected to the wider company mission, helping them to align with the vision and encouraging managers to set clear shared goals to achieve it.
Pandemic productivity worries hitting retail leaders hardest
Nearly three quarters (73%) of retail leaders are worried about engaging the hearts and minds of their employees, second only to the sales and marketing (79%) sector. The least worried sector is arts and culture at 32%
Retail leaders are more worried about team productivity than any other sector
The new insight, which was commissioned in conjunction with global researcher, Censuswide, as a basis for Agility in Mind’s How to Grow playbook, indicates that 68% of retail decision-makers are worried about the productivity of their workforce as we emerge from the pandemic.
Retail leaders worried about team productivity
Retail leaders are the most concerned of any other sector about their teams’ productivity as we move into a post-pandemic world, according to a new study from leading business transformation consultancy, Agility in Mind.
Are Workplaces becoming ‘too nice’
“has office life been replaced by the tyranny of niceness? Are people being relentlessly upbeat and overly optimistic, while shying away from the grittiness of errors, poor performance and failure to press for uncomfortable answers?”
Warning Of Extensive Productivity Concerns Ahead
Andrew Jones, CEO of Agility in Mind, commented: “Businesses have faced unprecedented challenges throughout each stage of the pandemic culminating in an inability to plan and a cautiousness in how they plan for the future. Productivity concerns are unsurprising given the uncertainty that has plagued the business community.”
Extensive productivity concerns as we move into a post pandemic world
The report shows that over half (51%) of UK business decision makers are worried about productivity in the workplace, with 74% showing at least some concern as we move into the next stages of the Covid crisis.
A visionary founder is not the same as a growth minded leader
Private equity investments are made with the belief that the core value proposition established by the original founders is sound and can be scaled. Investors are so often captured by the passion, creativity, and drive of the founders, not the realities of their capabilities when challenges arise.
