How to prevent -- or benefit from -- mutiny Lift outs, or entire teams defecting together, have increased in the COVID-19 pandemic, facilitated by volatility and remote work, researchers write. Companies seeking to keep employees should maintain connections to them, align them with company goals and give them reasons to stay, while those seeking to hire must manage logistics, culture, instability and retention. Full Story: Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (6/22)
The art of leadership deserves to be taken seriously Leadership is a series of context-specific skills for succeeding in one-on-one situations, with teams or in broader contexts, writes Susan Fowler. "Lacking awareness of the context you're leading and not having the skills to lead in it can be dangerous -- to you, those you lead and the organization," she writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (6/23)
Behind PepsiCo's "Work that Works" strategy Sergio Ezama, chief talent officer and chief human resources officer at PepsiCo, talks about the company's new "Work that Work" strategy for its 80,000 global office workers, which sets no limitations on remote work. Ezama explains how the strategy was created and how it's being implemented, what the transformation means for physical workspaces and how managers are being trained to prevent "proximity bias." Full Story: CNN (6/23),Digiday (tiered subscription model) (6/24)
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Research indicates job candidates are attracted to apply to firms they perceive as being a good fit in terms of their professional and social identity, priorities, standards and values, writes Jessica Walter, M.S., APR. "After the candidates with a high P-O Fit [Person-Organization Fit] are hired, they tend to be among the most engaged employees in the workforce because they are more likely to experience a greater sense of fulfillment, shared purpose and familiarity with the company," Walter writes. Full Story: PRSAY (6/21)
The Landscape
Are you catering to the "polywork" generations? Millennial and Generation Z workers are increasingly following a "polywork" path -- rejecting a traditional career in favor of performing multiple roles at the same time -- and a survey by new social network Polywork reveals almost 64% of workers ages 21 to 40 are already doing more than one job or plan to in the future. "People are rejecting the single job titles that have been bestowed upon them for the last 10 years in favor of representing all the different types of things they do," says Polywork founder Peter Johnston. Full Story: Digiday (tiered subscription model) (6/23)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, took the top spot on Mercer's list of the top 10 most expensive cities for expatriates. The list also includes Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Beirut, Singapore and three cities in Switzerland. The list reflects a trend in people moving overseas for short-term and freelance work amid the pandemic. Full Story: CNBC (6/23)
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