6 Workplace Trends Leaders Should Watch in 2024

6 Workplace Trends Leaders Should Watch in 2024: By Ben Wigert: Gallup

In 2024, employers and employees are heading for a relationship reset.

This shift partly stems from changes in where and how people work. In 2019, 60% of remote-capable employees spent their week working fully on-site, whereas that figure has fallen to just 20% in 2023.

But that’s not the complete story. Nearly five in 10 U.S. employees work fully on-site in jobs that can’t be hybrid or remote. And Gallup’s research indicates that how employees are managed has about four times as much influence on employee engagement and wellbeing as their work location.

Essentially, it’s the relationships workers have — with their coworkers, managers, leaders and organization — that are significantly evolving. Many organizations are radically retooling the ways they do business, leaving many employees, including managers, stressed and disconnected.

For example, when Gallup asked managers what changes their organization made in 2023:

64% said employees were given additional job responsibilities
51% cited the restructuring of teams
42% reported budget cuts
To win in 2024, leaders should consider re-tooling their management strategies to better support the changing needs of their workforce and organizational culture. We recommend starting with a plan for assessing and addressing the following six trends that leaders should be paying attention to within their own organizations.

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