Three core principles outlined to repair leadership's relationship with employees
The global workforce has never felt more disconnected from their organisations and leaders, according to a report from The Adecco Group and LHH.
Jessica Conser, Senior Vice President, Product and Solutions at LHH, said this disconnect has the potential to cripple human capital strategies well into the future.
"This is a situation that must be addressed, and it must be addressed quickly," Conser said in the report.
But to address the growing disconnect between senior leaders and those they lead, organisations need to have a reinvention of leadership culture, according to the report.
"Leaders set the tone, plot the path forward, and are responsible for ensuring that all employees feel supported, satisfied, and engaged," the report read. "If leaders are failing at achieving those core elements, and are unaware about their shortcomings, then immediate intervention is required."
Conser said there are three core principles that can help repair the disconnect between leaders and employees.
"These principles must be top of mind for all leaders in all of their interactions with employees. If that is done, then there is hope," she said.
The first principle is a leader being curious about themselves and their impact on others.
"Before you can become a better leader, you need to become much more curious about how others see you, and how you impact your team and the organisation," the report read.
The second principle involves how leaders can carry out more and different conversations for a new world of hybrid work to avoid proximity bias, according to the report.
"Effective leadership in the hybrid era will require deliberate efforts to be inclusive and reach out for more one-on-one conversations, on a broader variety of work and career topics," it said.
The third principle is about respecting the heightened need for independence and flexible working arrangements, according to the report.
It 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.
"Organisations that may try to force their employees into an either-or scenario may find they start to lose some of their most talented people," the report read.
Read more on how to close the growing chasm between leadership and employees in this report from The Adecco Group and LHH.
