Developing People and Careers in a Hybrid Work World

Hybrid, remote and in-person work gets talked about a lot these days. The conversations are often about which companies are staying remote, which are calling every employee back to the office, and which jobs can truly be done effectively from someplace other than a physical location.

But a topic that’s been less talked about so far is the impact of our new choices about where we work in terms of career development. And this is the topic Deedee Myers, Ph.D., delves into deeply in this episode of the CUES Podcast. Myers is the president of DDJ Myers, an ALM First Company, the CUESolutions provider for succession planning and the sponsor of CUES’ Advancing Women publication.

In this show, Myers emphasizes the need to both slow down and focus on people in a variety of areas related to people strategy and career development.

For example, Myers says executives are exhausted from having to manage several groups of people—those who are in the office all the time, those who are in the office part of the time and those who are in the office none of the time—and not having the training to lead in this way.

“It’s going to take some courage and commitment for us to slow down and relearn how to ... be effective leaders” in this environment, she asserts.

She cites recent research that says people who are in the office a few days a week are more likely to get promoted than people who are fully remote “because they’re seen, they’re there, they’re in the meetings, it’s easier to have conversations.” 

Because of this, she recommends figuring out “how to be seen on those two, three days that you’re in the office, or how you can keep connecting with others in a meaningful way.”

The show also gets into:

• What kind of person is now needed to lead the people development and talent strategy parts of what was traditionally called “HR”
• How to connect more effectively with young employees
• What aspiring CEOs need to know about the impact of hybrid work on their careers

Links for this show:

• DDJ Myers, an ALM First Company
• Recent CUES videos featuring Deedee Myers: 
  • Considerations for Women Who Want to Be CEO
  • How CEOs Can Design Organizations of the Future (Unlimited+ membership required)
• Become a CUESolutions provider