There is a profitable alternative to RTO mandates. Neiman Marcus Group’s former chief people officer delivered remarkable business success using a simple premise: Give people more work flexibility — with accountability for results.
The forces that shape culture are wide. They include leadership behavior, team dynamics, the presence or absence of trust, the accountability coworkers feel for each other, how decision-making works, and which behaviors get rewarded. Leaders can take specific actions to influence these factors and build the foundations for people to do great work.
Data is invaluable, but working with it doesn’t always feel meaningful. Four strategies can help make data work more engaging.
Without traditional credentials, established networks, or experts’ stamp of approval, the outsider’s journey is often uphill: Along the path to the Nobel, Karikó was demoted and kicked out of her lab space at the University of Pennsylvania, and she was actively discouraged from pursuing work on mRNA.
For job seekers, there’s the danger of being inadvertently filtered out due to rigid algorithms that might not recognize unconventional career paths or diverse experiences. Automation might also limit their ability to showcase their personality and soft skills.
