The Great Retirement has come full circle, and remote work will give way to a hybrid model of being in the office every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This is the prediction that Gallup president Jim Clifton makes for “K” when describing the next day in the job market. He recommends to managers almost like a doctor’s prescription: “Meaningful discussions every week with every member of the team.” Asked about the actions of populist forces in the face of the dynamic of globalization amid the US midterm elections, he states that they will continue to harass us until 50% more good jobs are created, necessary for an otherwise existing recession. global welfare. In particular, Jim Clifton took part in this year’s Global Innovation Summit in Athens in collaboration with the Delphi Economic Forum and the Hellenic Competitiveness Council.

“Hard work combined with intense attention to customers will soon surpass all other qualities. I predict there will be a new word for talent that describes a special worker, a “builder” who, through entrepreneurship, innovation, and competitiveness, will retain and create customers.

“Through the largest meta-analytical study ever conducted, which included 100 million in-depth interviews with employees worldwide, Gallup identified the distinct activity that separates stellar executives from everyone else. Gallup’s chief scientist put it in simple math: “A meaningful conversation every week with every member of the team.” This is a greater guarantee of high productivity than any other activity or habit.

– Yes. I think there will be tens of millions of digital nomads around the world who can succeed, but in jobs where relationships don’t really matter. These are the highest individual achievements. They can be extremely productive and valuable, but only in transactional work. Because working customer builders require close collaboration, breakthrough innovation, and persistent problem solving. Great team leaders become best friends and family relationships. They fight more for each other.

– I’ll give you a figure: change the global workweek for office work from 5 days to 3 days in the office. And it should always be the same 3 days so that the teams know when they can have important meetings to solve problems.

A weekly meaningful discussion with each team member is a greater guarantee of high productivity than any other habit.

These three days could be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, as a promise that the workers would make to each other. These days will still be flexible, allowing someone to pick up their kids from school on a snowy day, drive them to the doctor, or help a neighbor. Gallup recommends not turning this into politics, but turning it into a culture, into the way we work.

Senior executives who travel to the mountains and beaches part-time or even full-time will end up greatly diminishing their leadership value. They will miss important collaborations and fail to help develop, educate and build the relationships needed for the next generation of stars.

Personally, I worry about the recent college graduates at our company who choose to work mostly from home because they are missing out on growth opportunities that cannot be replenished later in life. I don’t want my grandchildren trying to develop their leadership skills at home.

“That means you have to pay your employees more so they can afford the bare necessities. But 99% of companies are living very close to the limit of not making a profit like banks and big tech companies. Therefore, he must do more with less. It usually works as a euphemism to underline the idea: “Lay off half of the middle managers.” It may work for today, but it sells out the future by delaying the development of talent.

– The source of new economic energy in any city or country is nothing more than the creation of a new business. Most leaders believe that competitiveness is rooted in innovation. This is not true. It has its origins in entrepreneurship and new ventures. Another cart and another horse. The innovation is in the cart, but it is inactive until it is harnessed to the horse, namely the entrepreneur. America is at a 50-year low in new business creation, so our GDP must be supported by trillions of dollars of public money.

– Made. From the very beginning, our scientists have seen the Great Realignment rather than the Great Refusal. People have changed jobs where they could, for example, work from home full time. It happened and it was over.

As organizations set new high stakes for productivity, home workers will be treated with less sympathy if they don’t work in the office 3 days a week. What we will eventually see will be a major upheaval to the current five-day work-from-home regime. I foresee a new and strong demand for high performance workers and I believe that these “builders” I spoke of will outnumber the average worker by 3 times.

Daily wages and populism

– The Gallup Global Poll shows that the emotional states of anger, stress, sadness, physical pain and anxiety have been systematically increasing for more than 10 years. This means that 8 billion people perceive life less and less positively compared to the previous year. Global prosperity is in decline, which is changing how we vote. But it really can be fixed.

If you look at the uprising in the Arab countries, Brexit, Trump, big changes in Latin America and the most recent historical surge of populism in Colombia, there is no sign that sentiment is shifting towards economic data. But you can find changes in the wealth data. Just ask people how they are doing.

Populism will continue to waver until there are 50% more “good jobs” in the world that provide the living wages young people need to afford to get married, have children and have a home.