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Check out the key takeaways from the Inventium "Future of Work White Paper". Some great recommendations here to help firms navigate the future of work, meet changing staff expectations and boost performance and innovation. https://lnkd.in/gzRRU9ZK #futureofwork #hybridworking #postpandemic #Leadership #employeewellbeing

🚀 Announcing Inventium's Future of Work Research! We're excited to share our latest research on the trends and insights shaping the future of work. In a rapidly evolving landscape, understanding these changes is crucial for thriving in 2024 and beyond. From redefining employee-employer expectations to mastering rapid adaptation, our research highlights the key areas organisations need to focus on. Discover the seven insights and trends that will shape how we work in the coming years. #FutureOfWork #Research #WorkplaceTrends #Innovation #InventiumResearch

When I do my strategy talk with leaders before delivering wellbeing workshops I ask them what challenges their teams are facing. One that has come up a lot recently is the difference in expectations between the leadership and the employees. Leaders are finding their people are disconnected, and less committed than they were a number of years ago. And that they have expectations that don't align with the need for 'more performance' in the current environment. Therapist and host of How's Work podcast Esther Perel summarised this neatly in her recent discussion with Culture Amp's CEO Didier Elzinga. 'Performance and outcome here' (leadership). 'Meaning, identity and belonging here' (employees). This connects in with number one of the seven insights shaping work today in awesome research released today by Inventium (below). Insight one is 'Redefining the Silent Pact: the evolving challenges in employee-employer expectations.' Again, dealing with the differences in expectations. In both cases the recommendations for addressing this challenge revolve around versions of honesty and authenticity: Esther Perel ⭐ Be clear with employers what is happening, we are in a time of change, acknowledge it. If you pretend it's not happening people will feel they are being treated like idiots. Inventium ⭐ Make your rules for communication explicit. Encourage dialogue and agreement on how your team communicates ⭐ Create consistency between the external and internal image of your culture. Where an employee's experience doesn't align with the organisations image it threatens organisational trust. ⭐ Keep organisational promises. These can be explicit (e.g. career development opportunities) or implicit (e.g. recognition of an employee's efforts). When these are broken, it can again lead to a breakdown in organisational trust. Previous generations have accepted the separation of purpose from work. But for the generation at work today that make up a good portion of the workforce, they won't give up meaning and identity for performance. And successful leaders recognise that it is all part of the same. The major relational dimensions that connect with performance are engagement, loyalty, accountability, and trust. If you want great performance, you need to build these relationship dimensions. I highly recommend watching the interview with Esther Perel and Didier Elzinga (link in comments) and reading the white paper from Inventium (below) for many many more insights around work, wellbeing and performance. And if you'd like to talk to me about how to improve the wellbeing and performance of your teams through my coaching and workshops, reach out to me here or at alex@alexprenzel.com. https://lnkd.in/gX7ZUKjX

Fantastic read from the team Inventium! My key takeaways include: 👉 Leaders are caught between increasing executive pressure and team expectations. 👉 Leadership now includes a broader set of responsibilities including providing emotional support. 👉 We need to safeguard the wellbeing of our leaders amidst these growing demands. It is a tricky landscape. BUT I believe there is so much untaped potential here. Instead of shying away from or feeling overwhelmed with how to deal with our emotions, I believe that by leaning into our humanness is HOW we unlock performance, potential and personal fulfilment. #sustainablehighperformance #selfleadership

🚀 Announcing Inventium's Future of Work Research! We're excited to share our latest research on the trends and insights shaping the future of work. In a rapidly evolving landscape, understanding these changes is crucial for thriving in 2024 and beyond. From redefining employee-employer expectations to mastering rapid adaptation, our research highlights the key areas organisations need to focus on. Discover the seven insights and trends that will shape how we work in the coming years. #FutureOfWork #Research #WorkplaceTrends #Innovation #InventiumResearch

Hot off the press! Inventium's Future of Work white paper is out today! Make yourself a cuppa and enjoy the read. ☕ https://lnkd.in/g3J4x5eP #insights #futureofwork #research #workplacetrends

The 4th of 6 resources created at the Think Tank 2023 event! The team of Katie Rhone, SPHR, Deionte Meredith-Davis, Emma M., and Anna Hall all have professional experiences in supporting senior living and aging services through work in their respective tech-based companies. The group began with an insightful visualization (pyramid) of the progression of technological innovation (needs) in senior living. - What are foundational technology that senior living companies need? - What are moderate technology required to differentiate yourself? - What are higher categories of tech needed to exceed status quo? - What are truly INNOVATIVE technologies that can transform daily life? Their final deliverable (project) was created to help operators (senior living companies) "level set and ensure the community is evolving with tech at a pace that sustains market viability." Their downloadable PDF includes several references and resources to begin tackling these important conversations regarding technology and aging services. It includes a poll that the team conducted with peers in the industry to learn what our industry believes are areas we need to innovate most. The Think Tank 2023 cohort is proud to share the fourth of six deliverables. New small group projects and deliverables are scheduled for distribution every Thursday for the next two weeks. Please follow this page for updates and alerts. If you have an interest in joining a future Think Tank event, please follow this page and submit the form found in the comments below. #seniorliving #agingservices #thinktank #agingtech #technology #assistedliving #memorycare KARE, Accushield®, The Purpose Equation®

I really loved the perspective this group took about how each senior living organization can take a model of thinking (foundational, moderate, high, innovative) and apply it progressively to their own situation. Rather than "what technology is best?" it clarifies the right question "what technology is right for US and at what stage?". A lot of times in senior living, operators "try out" technology solutions almost randomly (let's see if this works). It lands the majority of trials in what I call "pilot purgatory." As a frontline leader, I can't count the number of times I was excited to have corporate announce a pilot project only to see it suddenly go away in a few months with no discussion or explanation. I later realized that most pilot projects were aimed at one thing - does it immediately improve sales? The team that worked on this project presented a way of thinking that helps operators to look at technology in order from: 1. We need these just to operate (foundational) 2. We need these to differentiate (moderate/high) 3. We need these to change the game (innovate) Especially for new operators and small/regional organizations, I think this simple yet effective model of considering technology is astute and helpful. Katie Rhone, SPHR, Deionte Meredith-Davis, Emma M., Anna Hall.

Cambridge based Life Science companies with global growth ambitions are being handed an inside track opportunity to assess the potential and the pitfalls in an issue-driven series of seminars which drives to the heart of ensuring success. https://lnkd.in/ezsYwnGq The opportunity has been fashioned by a tripartite initiative steered by Business Weekly, law firm Mills & Reeve and global tech integration company Jitterbit. The series will be launched on Wednesday May 1 with an invitation-only round table under Chatham House rules for C-level executives at the Cambridge offices of Mills & Reeve and kicks off with a bang. The topic on the table is Data Management & Integration which can be the making or the undoing of globally ambitious Life Science businesses. The launch event debates the challenges involved in the movement, automation and integration of data – key to success, especially for a global Life Sciences company with multiple offices and facilities. Discussions can address issues such as low/no-code enterprise app development, front-end and back-end integration & large digital transformation projects. Other forums in the series will run quarterly through 2024 and into 2025, addressing issues such as:- • Scaling Life Sciences for success – integrating & automating in a global era • Recruitment & Retention of top talent • Fundraising (including IPO) • Collaborations & Intellectual Property Rights protection. The series will culminate in Spring 2025 with an invitation-only dinner for Life Sciences leaders at a venue to be confirmed. The launch event will be co-hosted by Joost De Bot, Senior VP and General Manager EMEA & APAC (Jitterbit), James FRY (Head of Life Sciences, Mills & Reeve), and Tony Quested, CEO of Business Weekly). For general queries or to make a case for inclusion in this invitation-only launch event email Christine.Joyce@mills-reeve.com or tquested@businessweekly.co.uk