08 27th, 2009| What will your workplace look like in 2017?
Profoundly different you would agree from today, no doubt; but how?
The good news is that many of these workplace trends are predictable.
The bad news however, is that your organisational culture is probably not ready to accommodate these changes.
For instance, we know that:
- IT will play a greater role;
- generally the workforce will be older;
- people will have developed more skills;
- flexibility with increasingly be the norm;
- there will be an increasing focus on productivity
- women will hold more management positions; and
- men will play a larger role in raising children
Yet - at the same time - there are a number of discrepancies between employer and employee and the expectations each has. For instance, employers expect those employees approaching 65 to still be working. On the other hand, very few employees want to continue to work past 65.
However, there are some areas where employer and employee can align their expectations. Flexibility is one such area. Flexibility will be at the heart of the organisation of the future. Employers need a flexible workforce to meet the demands of fast changing marketplace and employees need flexibility to meet their challenges of balancing their work and home responsibilities.
The challenge over the next decade is how to align the changing needs and interests of employer and employee. We can assist you by providing you with a ‘train track to run on’, which means that you will be able to measure, monitor and develop strategies to align your people and organisation as a basis for enhancing your productivity.
Contact WINNERS-AT-WORK for more information about creating a productive organisational culture to meet the challenges and demands of the next few years.
