The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization

ISBN-13: 9781118877241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 256 str.

Jacob Morgan

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Throughout the history of business employees had to adapt to managers and managers had to adapt to organizations. In the future this is reversed with managers and organizations adapting to employees. This means that in order to succeed and thrive organizations must rethink and challenge everything they know about work. The demographics of employees are changing and so are employee expectations, values, attitudes, and styles of working. Conventional management models must be replaced with leadership approaches adapted to the future employee. Organizations must also rethink their traditional structure, how they empower employees, and what they need to do to remain competitive in a rapidly changing world. This is a book about how employees of the future will work, how managers will lead, and what organizations of the future will look like. The Future of Work will help you:

• Stay ahead of the competition
• Create better leaders
• Tap into the freelancer economy
• Attract and retain top talent
• Rethink management
• Structure effective teams
• Embrace flexible work environments
• Adapt to the changing workforce
• Build the organization of the future
• And more

The book features uncommon examples and easy to understand concepts which will challenge and inspire you to work differently.

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Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Rethinking Chess and Work xi

1 The Five Trends Shaping the World of Work 1

2 The Cog: Today’s Employee 21

3 Seven Principles of the Future Employee 31

4 The Freelancer Economy 69

5 The Zookeeper: Today’s Manager 77

6 Ten Principles of the Future Manager 91

7 The Managerless Company 119

8 The Organization of Today 137

9 Fourteen Principles of the Future Organization 145

10 Technology as the Central Nervous System 193

11 The Six–Step Process for Adapting to the Future of Work: How to Become the Future Organization (and Stay That Way!) 203

12 Rethinking Work 213

Notes 217

The FOW Community (dedicated to the future of work and collaboration) 223

Index 225

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Jacob Morgan is a futurist and globally recognized thought leader on the future of work and collaboration. He is the principal and co–founder of Chess Media Group, a management consulting and strategic advisory firm that focuses on the future of work and collaboration. Jacob has worked with companies such as Safeway, Sodexo, Siemens, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Franklin Templeton Investments, and many others. Jacob is frequently cited in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNN, Fast Company, Inc Magazine, and others. He is the author of the best–selling, The Collaborative Organization, and has a column for Forbes. Jacob speaks at conferences and events around the world. To work with Jacob or inquire about speaking engagements you can email Jacob directly; Jacob@ChessMediaGroup.com or connect with Jacob on Twitter @JacobM. Learn more about Jacob by visiting TheFutureOrganization.com.

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Praise for THE FUTURE OF WORK

“Morgan’s book offers a compelling look into the future—how all of us will work, how many of us will lead, and how organizations themselves must transform in the face of these changes.”
—Daniel H. Pink, NY Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell is Human

“Jacob Morgan cracks the code on the biggest mystery in the workplace: what it takes to build and sustain a new generation of loyal, engaged and inspired colleagues. It’s impossible to read this book and not see the great risks of the status quo.”
—Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP

“To be future–ready, companies need to embrace a new type of culture that empowers employees to find innovative ways to drive impact. The Future of Work provides a helpful roadmap to engage the workforce of a new generation.”
—Brad Smith, President and CEO, Intuit

“With markets shifting along social, economic and technological lines, organizations and leaders need new strategies to inspire and motivate their most valuable asset – their people. The Future of Work provides valuable insights that will help organizations seize opportunities in this rapidly changing landscape, transforming a possible vulnerability into a competitive strength.”
—John Veihmeyer, Global Chairman, KPMG

“In a truly global economy, with information available 24/7 and where the speed of everything is rapidly increasing .... Morgan does a great job of stimulating the reader to think how this will impact organizations, people and practices in the workplace.”
—Jeff M. Fettig, Chairman & CEO Whirlpool Corporation

“Morgan has written a book to help you understand how the world of work is changing, why it’s changing, and what you need to do about it. The Future of Work inspires you to rethink how employees work, how managers lead, and how organizations are structured.”
—Gary Hamel, Founder, Management Lab

“In a connected world where behaviors are changing, organizations must rethink how work gets done. The Future of Work provides a structured framework and key principles to help organizations of today chart a path to success for tomorrow.”
—Jean–Pascal Tricoire, CEO, Schneider Electric