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The impact of opportunity cost on personal and professional life
Evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of different choices
Understanding the concept of opportunity cost
Mixed Findings
A study by the research firm Gartner found that a hybrid work model significantly boosted employee engagement and sense of inclusion.
Remote work can also lead to a sense of isolation among certain employees. A Gensler Research Institute survey found respondents missed most about being in an office were meeting and socializing with colleagues. Further, 7 out of every 10 employees felt more isolated after switching to remote work.
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Everyone Is Resigning
The pandemic era phenomenon known as “The Great Resignation” has seen millions of employees voluntarily leaving their jobs. 48 million of them abandoned their jobs in 2021, according to data from t...
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Flexibility Is Now a Worker Must-Have
Employees value greater flexibility, and any sweeping form of transformation that fails to address this is missing an essential target. Leaders often fail to realize just how important genuine flexibility is—so much so that their views of it differ substantially from that of their workforce.
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An Experiment That Awakened Millions
When work shifted to remote settings for many employers in early 2020 due to the pandemic, companies assumed the situation would be temporary. However, as months stretched into years, much of the working population found that they enjoyed working remotely, at least part of the time.
68% of...
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What Companies Can Do
- Encouraging remote workers not to work from home exclusively.
- Urging remote workers to unplug.
- Establish a broad network—and don’t talk about just work.
- Leverage the flexibility. Leaders can make certain that remote workers vary their daily downtime.
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Failure Of Leaders To Adapt To A Flexible Future Of Work: Survey Findings
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