Adapting to hybrid
Saturday, October 24, 2020 at 11:53AM 
A Harvard Business Review article ‘How to manage a hybrid team’ reports on what we’re seeing and experiencing: “your team members are likely contending with vastly different situations.”
Beyond just their locations of work, many are adapting to changing situations at home or the office and the more permanent distribution of team members across locations.
This is the hybrid workforce. HBR suggests we ask:
➡️ “What is the experience my employees are having at work, and how can I empower them to do the best they can?”
▶️ “What protocols can you put in place to ensure that the employees in the office are in sync with those working from home?”
Given people in your team might be located in different places but still need to be brought together - in meetings and workshops - how will you build empowerment and keep things in sync?
Tips include :
- beware of an ‘us vs them’ situation
- be clear, inclusive and flexible
- know it’s not easy and will take some adjustment for all parties.
For those who are new to this, be open to learning and experimenting, knowing that perfection isn’t possible, but progress certainly is.