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Top executives confirm that their organizations are shifting to hybrid work for all roles that aren’t essential to perform on-site.
It’s definitely hybrid
If the future of work is hybrid, why do so many companies lack a vision for hybrid work?
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The specifics matter because employees feel anxious without them. Anxiety increases burnout, reduces job satisfaction, and lowers workforce productivity.
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What executives are saying about the future of hybrid work
It’s also fuzzy
But two-thirds of companies lack a detailed plan for handling hybrid work.
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If job one is to address the detailed hybrid policies that employees want, job two brings humor into the workplace.
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Small connections
Then look to the “small moments of engagement” among employees that have helped leading companies improve productivity during the pandemic—moments involving coaching, mentorship, idea sharing, and coworking.
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Fully remote
≤20% at work
21–50% at work
51–80% at work
>80% at work
99
1
10
40
40
7
3
Pre-COVID-19
Post-COVID-19
Past and future expectations of time spent at work location,
% respondents
68%
have no
detailed plan
communicated
or in place
Detailed vision in place and aligned but not communicated 21
Detailed vision in place/communicated, pilots started 11
Some concepts being discussed but no aligned vision or plan 32
High-level vision being aligned among top team 32
Haven’t started thinking 4
State of post-COVID-19 return-to-office planning,
% respondents
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The lack of clear vision or plan for postpandemic work is causing me concern or anxiety, % survey participants
9
38
35
12
6
Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Strongly disagree
Disagree
47%
feel that a lack of clear vision about work in the postpandemic world is a cause for concern
—Naomi Bagdonas, lecturer in management, Stanford Graduate School of Business
In this new world of remote work, where we rarely see our colleagues in person—or from the waist down—research reveals that humor is one of the most powerful forces an organization has for building genuine connection, well-being, and intellectual safety among our colleagues.”
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12
22
67
7
45
48
54
36
9
Decreased
Neutral
Increased
Leaders
Middlers
Laggards
Improved connections among employees,
% respondents
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