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The Future of Work: The Trends for 2023 and Beyond

“We hypothesized that adopting an Async-First Ellsworth Etchison says LAFCU has a coaching
culture would have a positive impact on employee management style and feels it is important for
satisfaction, job attitude, productivity, and innovation employers to learn how employees best work and coach
by offering greater flexibility and more dedicated to that style, which she says will lead to a more engaged
'think' time,” said Casciotti. “We found that over 15 workforce. She says it is also important to make sure
percent of employees felt more productive, and over that organizations celebrate their employees, through
85 percent of them also noted through survey’s that programs like an Employee Appreciation Day. She also
they would consider replacing future meetings with says organizations need to ensure they have an inclusive
an asynchronous approach moving forward.” program when it comes to getting input not only from
management but also from front-line staff.
Neogen’s Mann says a key driver for employees will be
how much the employer focuses on career pathways “It is important that we are listening to the employees
and career development. that are out there doing the work,” said Ellsworth
Etchison. “People want to feel they are doing
“Candidates today don’t want to join a company meaningful work and they want to feel they are being
where they don’t know how they are going to be heard and that management is listening and taking
able to grow,” said Mann. “Growth comes from our into consideration their ideas.”
colleagues taking their unique talents and applying
it to our mission. Having an impact in the workplace The Covid pandemic created a massive disruption on how
grows each person’s skills and helps them to influence we do work. There is a great deal of uncertainty as to how
something larger than themselves. Neogen is a place the future of work is going to play out. Employers and
where our team members can grow and live out a employees who can successfully manage the continuing
shared purpose.” disruptions are most likely to come out on top. l

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