Every Organization Needs to Rethink Its Office Blueprint
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Every Organization Needs to Rethink Its Office Blueprint
Michael Alleruzzo, Certified Leadership Coach, Discusses the Lasting Effects of Covid-19 on the Workforce
Philadelphia (March 23, 2021)- COVID-19 has impacted the “normal” office lifestyle. During these unprecedented times, companies across the world developed remote changes or hybrid lifestyles for their company. Post-covid, people will still be working from home. So how can a great leader manage expectations? What if employees want to return to the workplace? Or what if employees prefer to stay home?
Michael Alleruzzo is a certified leadership coach, specializing in coaching, teaching, and consulting with leaders through his services. Alleruzzo believes that discussions of post-covid work lifestyles need to be discussed between employees and leaders. He stated “Employers should ask employees what they want. If leaders give more freedoms, it will help ramp up employee engagement.” So that begs the question, what do employees want post covid?
Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (JLL), a financial and professional services company, conducted research on more than 2,000 office workers across 10 countries. They found that 80% of high performers missed their office during the lockdown, but that most employees prefer the hybrid approach. Specifically, Flore Pradère, Research Director at JLL Corporate Solutions Research, stated that “The COVID-19 crisis has incited a massive paradigm shift in the world of work,” and “To adapt to this new normal, the future of work must be reimagined to focus on the needs and preferences of a liquid workforce.
Alleruzo provided his insight, “Managers today need to strike a blend with how much they need to / want to manage their employees’ behaviors (for example, hours/days worked per week) versus their employees’ outcomes (for example, sales metrics). If I have an employee who is very effective and is very engaged in their job, and in our organization and its mission, should I really care if they clock in exactly at 9 am every day? Probably not so much.”
If you would like to discuss this shift in work lifestyle with educational leader Michael Alleruzzo on his insight, lessons, and tips for how employers and employees can adapt to the new normal post-covid, please contact Jennifer Sherlock at jsherlock@jennacommunications.com.
About Michael Alleruzzo
Michael Alleruzzo is a full-time college professor at Saint Joseph’s University in the Management department of the Erivan K. Haub School of Business. Alleruzzo is a certified leadership coach, guiding people on how to lead themselves, lead others, and lead organizations. He does so through his services of lessons, seminars, coaching, and consulting. For more information visit https://michaelalleruzzo.com/.