Work Different : 10 Truths for Winning in the People Age / Kate Bravery, Ilya Bonic, and Kai Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bravery, Kate, author.

Bonic, Ilya, author.

Anderson, Kai, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"Context: The pandemic era has marked a new age -- the People Age. It had long been fashionable to describe people as a company's greatest asset -- when this asset was put at risk, decision makers all around the world suddenly realized that this was not just an HR slogan. The legacy of this era will hold, fuelled by self-consciousness of employees that itself will be further amplified by talent shortages as a lasting global demographic development. In challenging many assumptions about work, working and the workplace, the pandemic highlighted the impact that a company's people have on business resilience. Businesses that are sustainable are building on their people, empowered by digital, and creating value for their organizations and the greater good alike. So how do you build businesses that are sustainable at the core? Why read? This book unpacks the challenges faced by executives and decision makers given the new realities of this post pandemic period. It delivers a fresh perspective on how to build a People agenda that not only recognises the shifts in labour models and employee sentiments, but looks ahead to what next. In this book, you will discover how to execute business strategies through modern People practices that marry your sustainability ambition with business realities, people priorities and affordability. Transforming towards sustainability. The book discusses how business leaders can effectively weave sustainability more effectively into their business priorities and make real progress on profits, people and the planet. We unpack how leading companies are transforming towards sustainability in a globally rebalanced world and share which levers leaders are using to make their organizations more human, more accessible -- abet even more relatable."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Preface

Introduction: The Pivot

…And Just Like That, Everything Changed

People Get Ready

Here's Your New Reality. So Now What?

Where Workers Were and Where Workers Want to Be

Ch‐Ch‐Changes

New Truths Might Set Us Free

Why Us?

Notes

CHAPTER 1: Goodbye Employees, Hello Contributors

Work Different

Contracted Contributors

Setting the Table

Working in Partnership Is about Hearing, Not Listening

Dancing to a Different Tune

More Ch‐Ch‐Changes

Working for the Weekend

A Proposition You Can't Refuse

A Quick but Important Digression About Ch‐Ch‐Change

You're Gonna Hear Me Roar

People Leaders Beat Leaders of People

People Leaders' Calls to Action (CTAs)

Executives' and HR's Calls to Action (CTAs)

CHAPTER 2: Stressed Out, Burnt Out, and Quietly Quitting

We Did It to Ourselves and We Need to Fix It

The Human Energy Crisis

A Quick Science Lesson, Part 1: Energy Is Finite

A Quick Science Lesson, Part 2: The Perma‐Crises Mindset

Go Easy on Me

The Link Between Stress and Performance

When It's More than Just Stress

I'm Fired Up and Tired of the Way That Things Have Been

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

The Calm After the Storm

People Leaders' CTAs

Executives' and HR's CTAs

CHAPTER 3: The New Rhythm of Work

Drop the Beat, Y'all!

The Importance of Being Nsync, Er, in Sync

"Boss, Why the &amp

%* Are We Having All These &amp

%*ing Meetings?"

Tweaking the Tempo

To Quote Post Malone, "Go Flex"

I Want You Back

Swingin' with the Saints

Humanizing Resources

CHAPTER 4: It Doesn't Pay to Stay

What We Really, Really Want

Can't Buy Me Love

Money Money Money

Should I Stay or Should I Go?.

Love the One You're With

Don't Stop Believing

Tackle Wealth, Not Just Pay

Switch It Up: What About a Premium for Those Who Stay?

It's Also About Being Part of Something Bigger

Who's Crafting the New Employee Deal?

CHAPTER 5: Purpose Rules and Empathy Wins

Culture Is the New Structure

So Why the Hell Are We Doing What We Are Doing in the First Place?

Do the Right Thing

Corporate Culture + Empathy + Honesty = Awesomeness

Eye of the Tiger

Executives' and HR's CTAS

CHAPTER 6: Trust and Accountability Are a Team Sport

Command‐and‐control Had Its Heyday

A Funky Beat for The People Age

Performance Management Sucks

Virtual Insanity

Failing Your Way to Success

Trust Needs Its Counter‐Power

CHAPTER 7: Intelligence Is Getting Amplified

Everybody, Meet ChatGPT

ChatGPT, Meet Everybody

Machine Intelligence + Human Intelligence = Amplified Intelligence

Bad Bot, Whatcha Gonna Do?

King's Gambit

Yes, It's Intelligence, but Not as We Know It

New Tech Means New Gigs

Clash of the Brainiacs

AI in Action

Smart Working Is Getting Smarter

CHAPTER 8: Skills Are the Real Currency of Work

Upgrade Alert

An Employee‐Eye View of Skills in the Future of Work

A Manager‐Eye View of Skills in the Future of Work

A Society‐Eye View of Skills in the Future of Work

I Am Unwritten

Skilling@Scale Is an Economic Imperative

So Who's Crushing Reskilling and Upskilling?

Learning in the Flow of Work

SBOs in Action

Who's Changing Their Currency?

CHAPTER 9: Supply Is Unchained.

Innovation, Outplacement, and Potato Chips

Bullwhipped

CHAPTER 10: Sustainability Starts with People

A Future That Works

We Have the Power to Make Brighter Days

Good Work If You Can Get It

Sustaining Transformation Efforts

Future‐Proofing Your Talent Pipeline

Let Your Contributors Contribute

Embed Sustainability into Your DNA

The Future Is Now

Epilogue: The End and The Beginning

Say Goodbye to Yesterday

Are You Ready for a Brand‐New Beat?

Right Here, Right Now

It's a New Dawn

It's a New Day

Appendix 1: 10 Truths for Winning in The People Age

Appendix 2: Strategy Canvas

Acknowledgments

Index

End User License Agreement.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Bravery, Kate Work Different

ISBN:

9781394181308 (ebook.)

9781394181308

1394181302

9781394181315

1394181310

OCLC:

1406104597