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Work Trend Index (April 2023) Special Report Discussion
I hope you were able to join the Microsoft Viva Summit and spot various insights through the keynote and breakout sessions that highlight the importance of engagement and productivity as conditions which drive business success! In parallel with this event, a new Work Trend Index Special Report was published. After both of these moments, I'm feeling super inspired by the impact we can have on our businesses by focusing on our people first. What about these insights jumped out at or inspired you today?Only 39% of employees know what their company goals are, want more goal progress updates
Our just-released 2023 Forrester State of Goal-Setting Report shares the latest in goal-setting and management trends, including... Only 39% of employees know what their company goals are The #1 change that employees want to see in their goal-setting and management process is more frequent updates The #1 inhibitor to hitting goals is not caring enough about the rewards for achievement Do you see these trends at your own org? Do you have any ideas for addressing these challenges and demands for change from employees? To learn more, check out the full report here:https://aka.ms/StateOfGoalSetting.Viva the virtual new hire buddy!
I have some ideas on how the integrated modules in Viva can really help with the onboarding process in this blog.Be great to get your thoughts on this. In the next few weeks will be working on a proof of concept with a customer. Hopefully, it turns into a Viva customer success story!Viva people centric iconography - the meaning
The Viva Suite touches upon human expressions with soft-edged iconography andsoothing tones of tealand purple, emotionally connected to security, trust, and loyalty desired in a thriving hybridworkplace.Designed on theFluentUISystem. The Viva Suite icon is a human shaperepresenting a parent to all the modules, with a comforting blend of blue, teal, and purple. Viva Learningicon represents the turning of pages in a book with a growth mindset. Viva Connectionsicon forms an interlocking mark representing news, views, and resources reminiscent of a handshake. Viva Insightsicon embodies the aspects of humans and knowledge and is supported by the two shapes at the bottom, forming a foundation and support mechanism. Viva Topicsicon has three circles coming together, integrating diverse ideas to enable seamless collaboration. And now 5 more … More thoughts on this in my blog Be great to get your thoughts on the brand and is it too much "branding" and not enough reality?Research: Hybrid workers struggle more than remote workers to feel connected to others
Last summer, research by my team (analytics & research for Viva People Science) found that employees working in hybrid contexts actually felt less connected to colleagues compared to both full-time remote and office workers. Specifically, employees with hybrid work arrangements were 52% more likely than on-site workers and 40% more likely than remote workers to indicate they felt disconnected from colleagues over the past year. At first blush, it is common to think of hybrid work as falling "between" remote and office work in terms of proximity and connection to colleagues. In fact, it appears hybrid is a distinct experience which presents a new set of challenges. If I remotely join a hybrid meeting, I am perhaps hyper-aware that I am not present with my colleagues, some of whom are sitting together in a conference room. If I am in the conference room, my attention is now split between a screen displaying virtual attendees, and other colleagues in the room. These scenarios contrast with fully-remote or fully-onsite workplace wherein everyone is on equal, virtual or face-to-face footing. The idea that "remoteness" is a continuum in a hybrid world is perhaps one of the most widespread misconceptions in today's new world of work! With this in mind, we must build meeting and collaboration solutions that account for the unique characteristics of each work arrangement, rather than treat these experiences as gradations of one another. I'd love to hear your reactions, thoughts, and hypotheses about how this might be playing out in your own organizations! See the full-length report hereor attached to this post as a PDF.
