Taking On Ten Most Significant Shifts Facing Organizations

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According to extensive research by consulting company McKinsey & Co, there are 10 BIG shifts underway in the workplace. Working with global execs and companies through my teaching and consulting totally connects with, and endorses this McKinsey research.

At the risk of a “hammer looking for a nail”, the IcE10 Culture Framework we’ve developed to guide the advancement of highly adaptive and resilient cultures, along with the Belongify system for increased connectivity and efficiency at the team level, helps organizations and leaders navigate these shifts.

The following is a quick summary as to how:

Shift 1: Increasing speed, strengthening resilience.

We believe ALL 10 elements of IcE10 need to be activated to be faster, more adaptive and resilient.

Shift 2: ‘True hybrid’: The new balance of in-person and remote work.

The research is that employees are overwhelmingly in favor of flexibility in where and how work gets done. The Belongify system provides a core framework that connects individuals, teams and leaders regardless where and how work happens.

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Shift 3: Making way for applied AI.

People at every level know that this disruptive technology is going to be a workplace tsunami. In this context having a thriving, listening, collaborative, adaptive, fast culture is more vital than ever. The IcE10 system provides a foundation and Belongify ensures the core conversations and actions can take place in a timely and just way!

Shift 4: New rules of attraction, retention, and attrition.

Organizations have to understand that equity is not the same as equality. Policies and systems need to embrace abundant focused fairness over convenient simplistic consistency. Eg. A policy where everyone must come into the office for x days/week is consistent but also ineffectively stupid. Organizations need to attract and retain one person at a time, rather than relying on “one size fits all.” The elements in IcE10 and Belongify help make this possible.

Shift 5: Closing the capability chasm.

The culture must expect ALL to have a growth and disruptive mindset This requires fast learning AND rapid, just replacement of talent as needed. Both IcE10 and Belongify support this mindset and action capability.

Shift 6: Walking the talent tightrope.

Leaders need to match talent faster and with more agility than ever. The culture and embedded values must embrace this thinking and action. Again, the IcE10 framework and Belongify systems integrate to support this happening within a constructive work environment.

Shift 7: Leadership that is self-aware and inspiring.

In the IcE10 framework we challenge organizations to develop and declare their “Great Not Perfect Leadership” system. This includes consideration of the self awareness and inspiration expected. The Belongify System puts that leadership behavior to work by providing a practical guide to belonging and thriving.

Shift 8: Making meaningful progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion AND BELONGING.

DE&I becomes real and most meaningful when every person feels like they make a meaningful difference. That’s what Belongify is about. That’s also the essence of the Personal Equity promise in the IcE10 system.

Shift 9: Mental health: Investing in a portfolio of interventions.

Perhaps the most important contribution we can make to mental health is to provide a place of belonging. Investing in mental wellness is an integral part of the Personal Equity Promise, the 10th element in IcE10.

Shift 10: Efficiency reloaded.

Belongify confronts the questions of valued contribution and measured difference making IcE10 invests in a system that promotes a proven higher total shareholder or stakeholder return

You may think this is a shameless self-serving sales pitch for both the IcE10 Framework and Belongify. What I can tell you with confidence is that my now 50 years of leadership plus social research, endorsements from thousands of leaders and numerous organizations that these two models provide an actionable road map that works.

We openly share these models. Go make them work for you in your own unique context. The path is there. Make it so!! Take these shifts head on with strength and confidence!

Think Big, Start Small, Act Now,

- Lorne

One Millennial View: As we often say, it’s that easy and that hard. However, that’s why the IcE10 and Belongify systems are created, to deliver the structure to make these shifts possible.

- Garrett

Edited and published by Garrett Rubis

Taking On Ten Most Significant Shifts Facing Organizations

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