Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb Tsipursky

A McKinsey analysis shows that only email takes up an average of 28% of work time for knowledge workers. That might involve sending emails, editing a Google Doc or Mural board, or doing virtual asynchronous brainstorming. Research shows that workers are more focused working at home, without the distractions of the office.Īnother category of work that takes up a great deal of time for employees is asynchronous collaboration and communication. Offices can be distractionsįor instance, much of the work done by individual employees involves focused tasks that they do by themselves. In fact, the large majority of the work that most employees do is more effectively done from home anyway, even if the commute wasn’t an issue. And happy workers are productive workers, as found by economists at the University of Warwick. Peer-reviewed research found that longer commute times correlate with lower job satisfaction, increased strain, and poorer mental health. Gleb Tsipursky: Burned out? Your office might be to blame According to a Flexjobs analysis, employees can save up to $12,000 per year by working full-time remotely. Moreover, commuting to work costs a lot of money. On average, Americans commute a half hour each way. Census data from 2019 shows that about 10% of Americans commuted over an hour each way, mainly those living in dense urban areas. According to a recent survey by Zebra, 35% of Americans would be willing to take a pay cut in exchange for a shorter commute.Īmericans waste a lot of time commuting. One key filter to determine what to do where: to maximize productivity, hybrid work models have to minimize the commuting time for employees.Ĭoming to the office needs to be for a specific purpose that outweighs the significant costs - in time, money, and stress - involved in the commute.Ī survey by Hubble asking what respondents liked about working from home showed that 79% of respondents named the lack of commute. So, what are the best practices in determining what tasks hybrid workers should work on from home? Cut the commute time Gleb Tsipursky: Elon Musk thinks you 'pretend' to 'work' from home. companies are in the process of adopting a hybrid work model, optimizing this mix of employee activities is critical both for the success of individual companies, and the U.S. Given that about three quarters of all U.S. However, managers often struggle with hybrid work, especially in guiding employees what to do at home versus the office. Gleb Tsipursky is a resident of Columbus and the CEO of the hybrid work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts, and authored ' Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams.'Ī new study from the University of Birmingham surveyed 597 managers and found that 51.8% of them agreed that working from home improves employee concentration, 59.5% agreed that it increases productivity, and 62.8% agreed that it increases motivation.

Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb Tsipursky