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Global Mind Leaders (09 Sep 2016) - "Managing the High-Intensity Workplace"
Article
Title
" Managing the High-Intensity Workplace "
Description
An "always available" culture breeds a variety of dysfunctional of behaviours.
by by Erin Reid and Laksmi Ramarajan
( Harvard Business Review ).
Idea In Brief
The Context
The expectation that people will be totally available and committed to work has never been stronger—but even in high-Intensity environments, most people don’t conform to that ideal.
The expectation that people will be totally available and committed to work has never been stronger—but even in high-Intensity environments, most people don’t conform to that ideal.
The Problem
The strategies employees use to cope with unrealistic expectations often prove damaging to them and to the organizations they work for.
The strategies employees use to cope with unrealistic expectations often prove damaging to them and to the organizations they work for.
The Solution
It's time to redefine the "ideal" worker. People will be more engaged and productive—and organizations more successful—If individuals aren’t pressured to suppress their complicated, multilayered Identities
It's time to redefine the "ideal" worker. People will be more engaged and productive—and organizations more successful—If individuals aren’t pressured to suppress their complicated, multilayered Identities
