Artificial intelligence will not displace masses of workers this year but will amplify disruption. The luxury of waiting and reacting to past events is long gone. Here are what I feel are the four most important shifts needed to succeed and grow in and beyond. Disruptive Mindset Many companies make the mistake of making disruption their goal.
Simon Sinek, the author of The Infinite Game, believes that the pursuit of being number one may be a losing strategy. Instead of taking on an attitude of winning, a person with an infinite mindset takes on an attitude of improvement. Disruption requires openness. The infinite mindset seeks continuous improvement.
Todd Kashdan suggests that unleashing curiosity requires being comfortable enough to make mistakes, share your anxiety and embrace your vulnerability.
Is your company providing a safe haven for curiosity, an environment where people feel comfortable deviating from the norm and evolving? Whether you can actually train someone to be empathetic versus act like they are is a story for another day! In other words, seeing the world through their eyes and experiencing their feelings. Not to mention, since empathy is an exclusively human skill, anyone worried about saving their jobs from an automated future would be wise to develop it.
And to compete in this fast-changing world, says the report, "HR will fundamentally reshape itself so that the function becomes a critical driver of agility. This pattern of incremental change leading to exponential differences is everywhere. Virtually all of your technology quietly upgrades in the background. And if you opt out of the upgrades for too long, your technology no longer works.
Once you upgrade one thing your phone operating system you must upgrade others your apps. Eventually, you replace your technology just keep up. For example, the iPhone 7 has no headphone jack, so wireless headphones must replace wired ones. Yet as consumers, we don't notice how much we've already adjusted to perpetual upgrades. The Perpetually Upgraded Work and Worker Agile products and services drive agile organizations and agile work.
Workers and leaders must perpetually replace old work routines and habits and, over time, the incremental change will produce exponential differences. In the 's, land-line handsets were reliable and they worked the same way for decades. Many in the 's rejected the iPhone, noting that it would require a vast community of application developers, and massively improved computing power and storage. But think about it this way: Do you want to go back to using a land line? The parallels with work seem unavoidable, suggesting we will see the same evolution.
Beyond Agile HR Even after a decade, not everyone uses all the features of their iPhone; in the same way, not every aspect of work will be upgraded in the future. Incremental upgrades made us today's iPhone users, and incremental upgrades will create the future of work. Prepare to be perpetually annoyed and exhilarated. Check back every two weeks for a new ReWork cartoon. Header photo: Creative Commons.
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Across the U. Some may want to jump right back into old routines and commutes, but they will be greeted by a lot of change: In most public spaces and shared environments like the workplace, there will be an increased awareness around any and all public health risks. Most offices will have to physically restructure to account for social distancing.
Among employees, some are excited to return to their workplaces while others plan to continue working from home until this public health crisis ends if their job and employer allows. Have concerns about artificial intelligence? Loneliness is one of the biggest challenges remote workers face. This is especially true for extroverts, who feel energized and inspired by exchanges with others. They may suffer the effects of loneliness more than introverts, who are less likely to need to regularly engage with their coworkers.
Over longer periods of time, isolation can cause employees to feel less belonging toward their respective organizations and, in some cases, result in an increased desire to leave them. Failing to provide remote outlets for connectivity will be a missed opportunity. Header Photo: Creative Commons. The practice is called "ethical hacking" and it's an approach that recently gained worldwide attention when it was revealed that Edward Snowden, the American exile who is now hiding out in Russia after disclosing details about U.
To lessen the risk, companies are investing heavily in security services. This is called a penetration test and implements a combination of manual and automatic maneuvers. We publish results upon client request. This how we can prove the security of our system. We make sure all red flags that are identified are addressed immediately.
As the spread of cloud-based and other technologies opens up more opportunities for cyber criminals to strike, it is crucial that IT departments be proactive about plugging any holes before they spring a leak. In HR, we talk about workplace transformation pretty regularly. But what does it actually mean? Social media has given employees a voice to take their companies to task over flawed corporate culture.
The MeToo Movement, for example, began on Twitter in and empowereed women to share their experiences with sexual harassment and violence in an open forum. Done right, cultural transformation can create an office environment where employees feel excited to go to work every day instead of dreading it. And when you foster a culture that respects workers and gives them a sense of belonging, they will feel more invested in the company. Heskett and Kotter found that successful companies have two characteristics in common: They highly value their people and customers, and they encourage leadership from everyone at their organizations.
They also grew more, retained more employees and showed significant increases in their revenue, stock prices and average incomes. Think about how a cultural transformation can help you achieve corporate objectives.
For example, you might communicate how positive changes in company culture will boost productivity, lead to more revenue or tie into existing organizational initiatives, like improving customer service. How Do You Change a Culture?
Instead, successful cultural transformation has to start at the top. Show your executives and managers how they can lead by example and you will start to see those behaviors trickle down. To start fostering a successful cultural transformation, follow these steps: 1. Organize Your Top Team A top team is a group of people who have been designated to help enact change within your organization.
The best top teams are made up of employees from each part of the company. Together, they will help drive the vision of your cultural transformation by representing other employees and acting as their voice throughout the transformation process. Some of the most successful and high profile companies have benefited from a top team. Short surveys and other forms of easily gathered feedback are effective for engaging employee reactions. Other concrete forms of measurement might include differences in output or revenue since the start of the program.
Review all of the metrics at your disposal to find which cultural changes work best for your organization. Create a Culture Plan Map out the goals you want to achieve. Focus on a limited number of areas that need improvement, making sure each goal is clear, measurable and actionable. Seek feedback from your teams and polish your plan before you roll it out to the entire company.
Engage Employees The most effective company cultures give even the most junior employees the sense that their feedback matters. Create channels that allow employees to voice their opinions through every step of the transformation process, and communicate their feedback to your team and company leadership. The more open the channels of communication are, the better. Give workers choices and opportunities to discuss ideas with change-makers, either as a large group, a round-table or during a one-on-one.
Whatever method you choose, be transparent with employees. Be on the lookout for how you can better serve your employees. Header image: Creative Commons. What about a third way? Where leaders aren't at the top, or even in the middle. Think of an inverted pyramid, where the CEO is at bottom.
A Fortune leader, apparently. He's worth paying attention to: Donahoe is widely credited with turning about eBay in the six years that he's held the job. Instead, he uses an inverted pyramid mindset where the customer is the center of all conversations and decisions. Instead of having the C-suite and top executives at the top of the ladder, Donahoe suggests flipping it, so the customers are on top, followed by the customer-facing employees with the top executives on the bottom.
Donahoe cautions leaders to choose the management style that feels authentic to them. I followed Meg Whitman, I had big shoes to fill," says Donahoe, referring to his predecessor at eBay. I had to be me. Having good values, and then being authentic and transparent.
Generation Z typically includes those born after , and like every generation, they're distinct in their motivations and expectations regarding their career paths. They are less focused on money and prestige than previous generations, and their ranks include an impressive number of entrepreneurs. The willingness of this cohort to go out on their own is born of a truly independent mindset. Coming of age in a far better economy than millennials did, they're also much less likely to move back home or return to graduate school after college.
How does all of the above lends itself to work defined by passion? There are three key trends employers should prepare for when it comes to hiring Generation Z: 1. A Sense of Purpose Gen Zers expect to be told the purpose of every responsibility they assume. They tend to be focused and work hard, but they want to believe that their contributions matter. They seek results and aren't demure about receiving recognition. Flexibility is Not Just a Buzzword Gen Zers don't see the point of being locked into a 9-to-5 office environment.
Employers who don't get on board with working remotely will likely fail to attract Gen Zers. Remember, this is the first generation that was born into a technologically connected world, and they find the requirement to be physically present at work rather quaint. Global, Social, Mobile Gen Z is better prepared than any other generation for the global workplace.
They will be perfectly poised to work in global organizations and seamlessly able to expatriate when the opportunity presents itself. Social media and mobile are as natural to them as the telephone was to their grandparents. As a baby boomer myself, I see a lot to admire about Gen Z. My cohort, having grown up during the economic dream world of the 50s and 60s, tended to follow the money so that we could replicate or exceed our parents' comfortable lifestyles.
Gen X was focused on finding prominence in their work, pursuing investment banking and other prestigious careers. The millennials, graduating into an abysmal economy, often had to defer their dreams of finding passion. But Gen Z seems to have benefited from great economic and cultural timing, affording them the opportunity to truly follow their passions. For the next generation of workers, following your dreams is no longer just a privilege. It's also a real possibility. This week, Constellation Research announced its Business Transformation BT , an elite list of executives leading business transformation efforts around the globe.
Leaders have been challenged this year by a perfect storm of disruptions: COVID, generational shifts in the workforce, transformative action for diversity and inclusion, a hypercompetitive new customer experience landscape, and the relentless march of exponential digital change. Executives named to the Business Transformation list understand how the business environment is transforming in response to all of these pressures and are proactively preparing their organizations to excel during and after this transformation.
She leads by example through her commitment to work-life balance for herself and her team, and she advocates for peers, encouraging them to use their voices to spark change. In partnership with the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, Heidi also orchestrated the launch of Cornerstone Cares, a publicly available site that provides free online training around unconscious bias, COVID, stress management and remote work as well as playlists designed for K educators to transition to online learning.
To learn more about Heidi, you can read about her background and follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn. But while many employees thrive in the egalitarian culture of a flat organization, others who are more familiar with the promotions, titles and other perquisites of a vertical workplace worry about a potential drawback: their own career advancement.
It doesn't have to be that way. True, flat organizations have far fewer leaders at the top, but that doesn't mean employees can't expand their skills and position themselves for a better job down the road.
The key is to look beyond the classic rewards for a job well done and to pursue other ways of learning new skills, fulfilling your ambition, and boosting your worth. The programmers program. The designers design. The customer support staff, well, supports customers. Instead of one designated team leader, the company rotates each team member into the role each week.
Promoting a great designer to creative director would only take her away from the day-to-day work she's so good at, he explains. Instead, the company lets her lead more projects and truly own her work. The moral of the story: master, don't manage. Expand your depth and breadth of knowledge to truly master your craft. You may not technically be "climbing the ladder," but you're certainly adding skills and grooming yourself for a better position down the road.
Be Your Own Boss Valve, a Washington-based developer of video games with some employees, has never had a boss in its entire year history -- nor does it have traditional pay scales, hierarchies or office hours. The egalitarian structure allows all employees to participate in major company decisions, including individual compensation. Leadership and product design are handled by whomever steps up and makes something happen.
The company has developed software that helps companies identify their goals, motivate employees to achieve them and reward top performers in both flat and hierarchical organizations.
Be a Mentor There may not be an established hierarchy, but junior employees will still need role models and mentors. Just because you're not officially in charge of a team doesn't mean you can't share your know-how. By mentoring new employees, you not only reinforce your skills but also show initiative. Eventually she left -- amicably -- to launch her own business. She now runs her own team and also turns to her former boss for advice.
Whether it's taking charge of an internal team at your company or branching off on your own, opportunities abound for career growth beyond traditional hierarchies. So, where should organizations looking to implement an analytics program begin? Start by hiring the right people. People analytics is intrinsically a multidisciplinary endeavor, and you need a team that can evaluate, approve and implement data-driven decisions across your workforce.
Check out our infographic below on how to build an effective HR analytics team, and keep reading for more details. Click to enlarge The five positions above cover a variety of skills and disciplines, but those who hold them should work together closely as a dedicated, organizational unit. The Data Architect is the person responsible for pulling the data, integrating different datasets and cleaning the data to prepare it for analysis.
This person should have a strong understanding of the company's strategy, and how analytics can drive it forward. This person should also have strong design or data visualization skills, in order to represent the data in compelling and easy-to-understand ways. Last but not least, don't feel intimated. Building an internal team takes time and very few, if any, companies have truly mastered the art of analytics.
If you focus on gathering the right people with the right strategy, you'll be ahead of the curve. Whether you're in a stockroom, a fast food chain or even a bank, it's not uncommon today to encounter robots doing jobs that humans once did. While this development is exciting, it also drives the debate of whether or not intelligent machinery will challenge the role of human workers.
Others believe that machines are more likely to augment jobs rather than replace them entirely. How has technological innovation affected jobs over the past few years?
We are watching the domain of mechanical or machine-aided work extend much further into the realm of what has typically been seen as human labor. We are now in a world where we are replacing cognitive labor with sophisticated algorithms and nimble robotics. The question is whether we will create enough new jobs and professions to replace what is being taken over by machines.
As machines spread across factory floors and offices, workers got more productive and saw their paychecks grow accordingly, which fueled a boom in consumer spending that more than made up for the jobs that factory and office technology was taking over. Now, we are seeing automation, but virtually none of that gain in productivity is turning into increased wages, which is a real problem. If wages and income for most consumers don't grow, there won't be enough demand to replace the jobs that are being consumed by technology.
How can policy create a better environment for future jobs, particularly in the gig economy? Very few of our systems are designed to work effectively when we are in the position of say, an Uber driver. Healthcare, retirement, unemployment insurance and workplace safety requirements are all mostly organized around a codified employer-employee relationship, which often doesn't exist in the gig economy. If we take a hands-off approach, technology could make many workers lives more uncertain and insecure.
However, if we get the policy right, we can be in much better shape. How can companies prepare today for changes in the future of work? Some of it is putting pressure on the political environment to take change seriously.
It is also central to deepen relationships between companies and training providers, such as community colleges. What someone got trained for at 18 won't be what the market demands when they are in their 40s. What we traditionally see as continuing or remedial education will move into lifelong learning to stay active in the job market.
What types of public solutions would be helpful for the future of work? Both at the state and federal level, we need to make sure work pays a living wage. We have to look at minimum wage laws and income tax credit or income support. If we get reasonable wage and income growth for most folks, we can expect consumer demand to make up for what we are losing to machines.
We need to find a way for people who don't have a traditional employment arrangement to have a safety net of some sort. Photo: Twenty Imagine working at a company where there is no CEO. You don't have a job title or description, or a manager to whom you report. Instead, you occupy "roles" which require executing specific tasks. Multiple people can fill one role, and individuals can occupy many different roles, and every role is part of a larger group with a unique purpose within the organization.
How do you delegate responsibilities when no one has formal titles? We spoke to one of the movement's champions to find out. Who's the Boss? The CEO's opinion usually matters most, and employees' "say" in a matter tends to diminish down the chain of command.
By contrast, in a holacratic organization, decision-making and authority are distributed across the entire team. Furthermore, each individual not their manager is responsible for breaking down his or her roles into smaller projects and action-items, and has complete authority over how to execute these tasks. Let's take the launch of a new ad campaign for example. In a holacracy, however, a "circle" or task-oriented group would assemble when any team member comes to the table with a proposal for a new campaign.
If you're thinking this would be a recipe for disaster in your office, you could be right: The system hinges on hiring a certain type of employee. Productivity, McGrath says, requires workers to be highly organized and quickly convert everything that passes their desk into a checklist, reminder or other actionable item to prevent backlog. In a traditional company structure, the manager might reconvene the team to provide feedback and approval. Subordinates present their work and, usually, it's the manager's job to weigh in and give direction.
The manager will let the team know if there's still work left to be done, and the process will continue. In the event more work is needed, they must provide clear action items for those next steps. The process repeats until consensus says the campaign is ready.
But if you're open to it, many former managers say [it] has allowed them to focus on the aspects of their job they actually enjoy. Massive organizational shifts can be bittersweet for businesses. Employees and managers are often excited about the shift, but also nervous about the uncertainty that lies ahead. Remember the fall of Borders, Kodak film or most recently Radio Shack? All of these businesses failed to migrate through a change in business and instead were forced to close their doors.
The most common factor in the closing of these, and other businesses like them, lies in a lack of employee engagement and motivation. When it comes to change within a business, it's up to HR managers and executives to help employees handle the pressure and keep employees engaged in their work.
There are plenty of ways for HR departments to ensure that change happens smoothly; here's some foolproof advice for when your company prepares for a shift in business. Put the Employee First No matter what a business specializes in, it would not exist without the dedicated work of its employees. From the part-time worker, all the way to the CEO or owner; businesses need dedicated people to keep them running strong.
Change in the workplace can be high stress for everyone involved, but it is important that employees stay engaged in their work. If not, it can end up costing the company thousands of dollars in lost time, poor work, increased sick days and eventually turnover. Be a Resource When an employee is stressed about upcoming change, let them address their concerns, and offer them a chance to provide suggestions.
Giving employees space to be heard can be powerful and validating to their role in the business. Of course, HR managers have to be sure that those employees are not only heard, but sought out.
In reality, talk amongst themselves, which can spread incorrect information or don't say anything at all. If their concerns are too large to address via email, then set up a meeting with them and their direct manager. Make sure your business is practicing honesty and transparency in all of its major announcements. Employees are less likely to be scared of change if they can see for themselves how it will help the business and affect their work.
In the end, the whole business will feel more positive and motivated to continue providing excellent work. Sudden change in a business environment can be stressful for everyone involved. As an HR professional it is your job to make the transition as easy as possible.
If you prepare well, your team and company will come out stronger when all is said and done. But when done right, CSR isn't just advertising. It's a compelling business strategy. What does this mean for HR professionals? CSR is not only a differentiator for top talent, but it also has an impact on your company's bottom line.
It's no surprise then that experts advise the "HR profession to move out of the shadows" and take a lead role in CSR. Define Values, Competencies, and Behaviors Bringing an initiative like CSR to life requires employee and leader behaviors that "walk the talk. Introduce the expectations for CSR in employee orientations, and provide employees with a "why. If CSR is important to the organization, invite an executive champion to share their stories, making the issue real.
You should also integrate competencies and behaviors into job descriptions, performance standards and employee surveys. You can share stories about successful CSR activities, particularly on the part of leaders, to demonstrate impact and dedication. By being an outstanding corporate citizen as a company, you'll attract employees who share similar values.
But if the commitment to CSR is not evident in the actions of the employees, leaders and organization, beware. The same employees attracted to your conscious values may just turn around and walk out. Improve leaderships skills and growth opportunities CSR offers a terrific opportunity to enhance your organization's talent development program. You can help place future leaders on local Boards or in community project groups to broaden their perspective and skillset.
By joining a Board of a local not-for-profit or professional organization, top talent will gain experience they might not get at your company: they'll see an organization as a whole. As a board member, they'll get a taste for how operations, finance, marketing, legal and HR have to work together for the benefit of the whole organization. If HR is involved in CSR, the process of finding opportunities that complement your future leaders' learning needs will be much easier.
For HR, CSR offers a chance to influence the organization's success by drawing a line between the stated values and behavior. From hiring and selection to performance management to talent development, carrying the message of CSR to the leaders and employees increases the chance that your values are, in fact, part of your culture. Editor's Note: In today's fast-paced news cycle, we know it's difficult to keep up with the latest and greatest HR trends and stories.
To make sure you're updated, we're recapping the most popular trends, events and conversations every month in our "In Case You Missed It" series. It reduces time to hire, increases productivity for recruiters and delivers an enhanced candidate experience. In the face of these complicated and somewhat concerning AI developments, experts look to as a year that might hold these systems to a higher standard. In , many will find that these flawed systems hurt far more than they help, and companies will have to react accordingly.
My projection is that talent poverty will grow exponentially in and, as a result, hiring top talent will be more challenging than ever. Companies will need to invest more in modern learning and development programs. These courses should speak to AI, machine learning and automation and teach employees how to best leverage these technologies. But as the skills gap grows, employees may have to take training into their own hands. Workers would be wise to take note of which departments are getting the most management attention and resources.
For instance, if the ability to code in HTML is a desirable skill that will add more mobility and job security for an employee, they can request the opportunity to further develop this skill.
If the company is unable to help with this request, the employee may need to learn it on their own time. And when companies have healthier workers, they experience higher retention rates, too.
This reality has a direct, negative effect on how a candidate perceives the company and the likelihood that they apply for another position at the organization. In the coming year, HR departments and professionals should expect a push to improve the candidate experience with technology like natural language processing, a new kind of voice and language recognition system.
Others are providing a better candidate experience through voice-activated rejection and offer letters. Are you prepared for these trends?
And now that you have an idea of what lies ahead, start taking the steps to get your organization on track. Image via Creative Commons. It begs the question: What does the future of work look like?
Moving forward, companies will have to continue adapting to fast-paced change. For example, will innovations in AI and machine learning mean robots will replace specific roles?
Will remote work become the norm across teams? Here are 6 steps that HR teams, managers or employees can take to help make the new decade their most successful yet: 1. Take Calculated Risks Many employees are afraid of taking risks. But taking calculated risk under the right circumstances, of course is healthy for a career.
To motivate employees to become more comfortable taking risks, consider helping them take advantage of opportunities that will help them learn and grow in their career. This approach will help them be adventurous, but now act on emotion or be held back by fear.
But employees who take risks can create something powerful, whether it be a new product or a completely different way of doing things. Deliver Results Many organizations today look at their employees based on how much profit they create for the company.
This metric, best known as profit per employee, is a measure of net income over twelve months time divided by the current number of full-time employees. But there are ways to combat this worry. Employees can hone in on three objectives: aligning their goals with organizational targets, delivering quantifiable results and maintaining skills that allow them to be agile and quickly pivot any course of action.
To help encourage these behaviors, HR teams can encourage employees to set SMART goals specific, measurable, assignable, relevant and time-based goals.
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