Are return to the office mandates a management abuse of power?
Business leaders would say, “of course not.”
Employees, on the other hand, might say, “not so fast. Don’t you trust us?”
Today’s episode explores that tension and whether return to office mandates are done because management can or because management should.
What You’ll Discover About Return to the Office Mandates:
* Why working remotely is here to stay, regardless of return to the office mandates.
* 3 reasons why return to the office mandates are a misguided management entitlement.
* Tips for how to get the productivity management needs without resorting to return to the office mandates.
* And much more.
Your Host: Hanna Hasl-Kelchner
Hanna’s mission is to help you access the business information you need to succeed, especially those pesky issues hiding in plain view that matter to your bottom line.
As a trusted advisor she’s worked with companies that were growing, shrinking, merging, winning, struggling, private, public, large, and small during her international business and legal career. Those experiences have given her a unique insider perspective into diverse workplace cultures, values, and leadership styles.
It’s the lessons learned in the trenches and supported by research that Hanna shares through public speaking, writing, and the Business Confidential Now podcast to help executives, managers, and entrepreneurs enhance their leadership skills and improve their organization’s culture.
Hanna makes learning simple, easy, and fun. She’s taught at two top tier MBA programs (Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and the University of Virginia’s Darden School) and is on the editorial board of The Journal of Business Ethics Education.
As an acclaimed speaker and media source, Hanna has been appeared on radio and TV, including Moving America Forward, hosted by William Shatner. Her articles have appeared in various print media, and she’s been recognized by Dun and Bradstreet as a Twitter #BizInfluencer in the Specialty Strategy category.
She is currently in over-drive writing her next book, Seeking Fairness at Work, expected in 2024. Everyone starts a new job with the highest level of engagement and then stuff happens to dampen their enthusiasm. THAT’s what she explores in her no nonsense style, the STUFF, the nexus between management’s use of power, employee engagement and retention. It also includes a practical 5-part solution for raising employees’ game instead of their defenses. To learn more and get on her early-bird book launch date list visit https://businessconfidentialradio.com/seekingfairnessatwork
Guest Appearances by: Tom Libelt, Barbara Mitchell, and Hannah Genton
Tom Libelt is in beautiful Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Tom has had a number of international escapades, he’s a little bit like a “Marketing James Bond” in that as a child he learned how to sell and negotiate through getting haggled by Russian vendors. His family left Poland to escape communism and came to the US. And as immigrants searching for the American Dream he watched them take any job they could just to survive. As a young man that struggle instilled in him a deep desire to never want a traditional job and it led him to forge his own path as an entrepreneur, publisher, salesman, and one of the top Polish hip hop artists.
Today, from his perch in Thailand he runs Smart Brand Marketing and We Market Online Courses. He has published around 5000 Kindle books, built a successful SEO & online course marketing business, and succeeded in numerous other ventures. And what’s remarkable about his successes is that all of these ventures were bootstrapped. His entire operation relies on remote workers.
Barbara Mitchell is the co-author of The Big Book of HR, which is celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary Edition.
In addition she has cowritten five other books: The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook, The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book, the award-winning The Manager’s Answer Book, They Did What? Unbelievable Tales from the Workplace, and The Essential HR Handbook.
She is enthusiastic about helping organizations find, hire, engage and retain the best available talent. That’s why she began consulting after working as an HR Executive in corporations.
She’s the founder and Managing Partner of The Mitchell Group, a management consulting practice that helps a wide variety of clients with people and talent management issues.
Hannah Genton is the co-founder of CGL LLP.
She wanted to reimagine the legal workspace and give freedom, flexibility and autonomy to her staff after years of toiling at Big Law firms where attorneys were constantly overworked in tight, rigid office environments.
So what she created is a fully distributed transactional law firm that provides clients Big Law quality legal services at competitive rates while at the same time delivering a greater work/life balance for their attorneys and staff.
The result is a vibrant, successful law firm that provides high quality legal services in an environment that meets the varying needs of their employees.
Related Resources:
If you liked this interview, you might also enjoy our other Leadership and Management episodes.
Sign up for the early bird, Seeking Fairness at Work, book launch list to be first in line for Hanna’s April 2024 release.
Hanna’s earlier best-selling book The Business Guide to Legal Literacy: What Every Manager Should Know About the Law.
Contact Hanna and connect with her on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X formerly known as Twitter.
SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES INFO
Learn more about Tom Libelt and listen to his full interview: How to Make Managing a Remote Workforce Easier on Yourself
Learn more about Barbara Mitchell and listen to her full interview: Effective Employee Retention Strategies to Stay Afloat in Uncertain Times
Learn more about Hannah Genton, Esq. and listen to her full interview: Could Hiring Autonomous Workers be Smart for Your Business?
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