EDITOR’S PICK

Succeeding When Your Office Is Virtual and In-Person

Where are you working from right now? If you are in the office full time, you may still be in the minority. Many workplaces, if they are having people come back in, are allowing hybrid schedules—at least one day in the office, but more likely three, with two at home. 

While most employees are very happy with hybrid work, this is not true of managers. An August 2022 analysis by Gallup’s Jim Clifton and Chad Holliday found that managers were “more miserable at work than their employees” because they were never taught how to manage a much less attached worker. In our cover article, we share research from MCE, which reveals the key skills needed to help managers and their teams succeed in a changing work environment. Whether employees work remotely or not, now is the time for managers to assess employees’ skill needs to ensure they have the tools and resources to perform their best. 

Also in this issue, Mitchell Levy explains how leaders can avoid decision fatigue. The key is empowering employees in such a way that they don’t only manage, they “own”— taking responsibility for the processes they are leading and ensuring that they and their projects are successful. 

Tulika Mehrotra Chopra looks at the reasons diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are faltering at many companies and what must happen to make meaningful, long-term changes. 

Debra Corey identifies the eight ways employees express “superpowers” when they are given appropriate recognition by leaders. 

Whatever challenges you face, MCE can help build the skills needed to manage the hybrid office of the present and to develop the superpowers leaders need to move into the future.