【Adecco Group Insight into Workplace Trends Top5】
This week, The Adecco Group observed that shortening the weekly working hours has become a topic of great concern, and a survey found that team managers should not be afraid to talk about their feelings, and that companies should take into account the customer experience in the coming era of digital transformation. On the other hand, cyberattacks in the telecommuting model have resulted in increased costs for businesses, and many have taken the first steps towards promoting transgender equality.
As the world's leading HR consulting and solution provider, Adecco Group helps everyone cope with changes and challenges through timely interpretation and analysis of workplace trends in the post-epidemic era, and ultimately turn crises into opportunities.
First, shortening the weekly working hours has become a topic of great concern
Under the pandemic, employees believe that the reduction in working hours has not affected work efficiency, so they are more than ever eager to shorten their working hours further. As new, more flexible work models, such as telecommuting, become more widespread, the system of reducing working hours to 4 days a week under the premise of unchanged salaries has become a concern, and the discussion about whether it is practical has been inconclusive.
For enterprises, we should not only see that under the 4-day working hour system, employees can still get the same salary after working hours, but also look to the future to see the long-term benefits that may be brought, such as allowing employees to improve or maintain work efficiency while having a healthier life.
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Second, team managers should not be afraid to talk about their feelings
According to a Harvard Business Review survey of managers with different leadership styles, team managers are just as troubled by negative emotions as employees. Managers who are willing to share with team members can not only reduce the psychological burden brought by emotions, but also resonate with subordinates to improve team morale and build a more cohesive, higher-performing team that can withstand the challenges of the epidemic.
Therefore, team managers should take time out to self-examine, prepare in advance, and start by sharing small setbacks with team members, and then gradually transition to sharing more serious negative emotions.
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Third, the next era of digital transformation is coming
At present, the implementation of digital transformation in enterprises has become a top priority for corporate executives such as board members and CEOs. What factors will directly affect its effectiveness? The answer is speed and agility, and the need to balance the customer experience while focusing on digital transformation.
In an interview with Forbes magazine, John Rossman, a former Amazon executive, founder of Rossman Partners and author of The Amazon Way, said, "Speed demonstrates the level of operation as a world-class enterprise, and agility is the ability of enterprises to perceive change and make changes." With the advent of the post-pandemic era, more and more managers recognize the importance of innovation, and if they cannot quickly adapt to changes in the social environment, they will also become a stumbling block to the digital transformation of enterprises."
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Fourth, in the remote office mode, network attacks lead to increased costs for enterprises
According to Bloomberg, cyberattacks on some German companies that telecommuted during the pandemic caused a loss of around €53 billion, and since this data does not include some small-scale enterprises, it can be inferred that the actual damage caused by cyberattacks may be higher.
The reasons mainly include that home WiFi is more vulnerable to hacking than corporate networks, lack of cybersecurity awareness, and insufficient investment in IT. According to data, only 16% of German companies have increased their investment in IT security during the epidemic, and some companies have not provided office computers and related training courses for employees.
Fifth, enterprises take the first step to promote transgender equality
With the progress and development of society, the degree of equal treatment of transgender groups in the workplace has changed and increased in the past decade, and some large companies have set an example to start providing help and services to these employees, but to truly ensure that they are treated equally, all parties need to do more.
According to npr, more than 50 percent of transgender teachers in the United States experience harassment and discrimination at work. How can companies change this? Experts from the U.S. Human Rights Movement said that the first step is to implement relevant non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies and establish an equal welfare system.
Experts said that the first step is to implement relevant non-discrimination and anti-harassment policies and establish an equal welfare system.