Posted on 06/12/2023 7:20:53 PM PDT by anthropocene_x
There’s a crisis developing in workplaces everywhere. According to an annual survey by Gallup, employee engagement dropped to a seven-year low in 2022. Only a third of workers reported feeling engaged at work, while almost a fifth (18%) described themselves as “actively disengaged.”
One popular solution amid the rise of remote and hybrid working has been for employers to experiment with surveillance software. This kind of micromanagement breeds resentment, with 43% of employees saying it’s a violation of trust, and almost 60% reporting feeling stress and anxiety as a result, according to one survey.
At my company, the virtual assistant platform Time Etc, we took a decidedly different approach, after we started asking the people we were hiring what they needed from a manager.
What stood out was how the list they gave us–goal-setting, feedback, personal and professional development opportunities, autonomy–sounded much more like they needed a coach, rather than a manager.
So we listened to them: Our managers were all replaced with coaches, with a ratio of one coach per six employees.
(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...
Apologize for the extra cut and paste in the title
We’ve embedded a culture of self-improvement deep into our way of working. Staff have a monthly allowance to spend on Udemy courses or books, and coaches will recommend reading material from our well-stocked library of self-growth books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect
We use to go to happy hour several times per week. Best way for employees to bond.
Big step in the right direction.
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Worst. headline. EVER.
“Worst. headline. EVER.”True. I thought it was about a magazine that now offers podcasts. Oh well. It’s true. Young people need role models and coaches, just like everyone else.
My place of employment is always trying activities at work. Problem is they are always ladies planning the activities. Painting in the park, things like that. Not many men want to do that stuff…
I have had many managers in my life.
The good ones knew when to coach.
The bad ones used, I am the boss that is why.
The good ones caused more work to be done.
The bad one caused less work to be done
Can’t blame them! Young kids expect so much and it drives me crazy. I’m old school. You get a job and for doing that job you get a paycheck. Don’t like the job or boss? Get a new job. A good manager will keep his employees without all the coaches, etc.
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Same here.
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