The disconnect could severely impact long-term human capital strategies. However, to address the growing disconnect between senior leaders and those they lead, organisations need to have a reinvention of a ‘leadership culture.’
The findings reveal three core principles that can help repair the disconnect between leaders and employees.
- Leaders must be curious about themselves and their impact on others.
- Leaders must carry out more and different conversations for a new world of hybrid work to avoid proximity bias.
- Leaders need to respect the need for independence and flexible working arrangements.
Jessica Conser, Senior Vice President, Product and Solutions at LHH said: “This is a situation that must be addressed, and it must be addressed quickly. Leaders set the tone, plot the path forward, and are responsible for ensuring that all employees feel supported, satisfied, and engaged. If leaders are failing at achieving those core elements, and are unaware about their shortcomings, then immediate intervention is required.”
The report pointed out that leaders may need to shed their “traditional concerns” over not seeing employees in the workplace as employees thrive in remote work conditions and revealed that organisations which force their employees into an either-or scenario risk losing some of their most talented people. The full Adecco Group and LHH report can be found here.
