When planning a team’s hybrid working model, you should consider two aspects of work: your operations and your projects. Operations are your typical “run-the-business” activities that usually produce the same product or service and keep the business running. Most of your work falls typically here, and it includes things such as creating financial reports and providing technical support. Projects are your temporary endeavors that typically have a start and end date. Projects create a new ... Read More

Hybrid work leaders should analyze both the job perspective and employee perspective of their hybrid work arrangement for their teams. After doing so, they can combine both those analyses and develop some hybrid model options. Here are three tips hybrid work leaders should consider when analyzing a hybrid work arrangement Before we dive in, a quick note: As you think through your strategy, start by analyzing your own team’s hybrid work model first (i.e., your direct reports) before ... Read More

When analyzing a team’s hybrid arrangement, hybrid work leaders should consider two separate but interrelated perspectives. The first is the job perspective, and the second is the employee perspective. The job perspective includes the different roles, projects, tasks, business requirements, and customer requirements of the organization. The employee perspective includes topics such as flexibility, inclusion, fairness, work/life balance, and career needs of employees. Analyzing both ... Read More

Every organization is now considering moving to a hybrid work model for their workforce. But what exactly does a hybrid work model mean and how is it different from a standard work or virtual arrangement? Here is a simple explanation. The Hybrid Work Model The best way to explain what a hybrid work model means is to describe it visually. Here’s an illustration that shows a spectrum of where work gets done by employees. Work can be accomplished from the main office (i.e., your ... Read More