The Future-Proof Workplace

PRAISE FOR THE future-proof WORKPLACE By anticipating the future we thrive in it. Linda and Morag do an outstanding job of helping us see what is coming and then making both organization and personal choices to live and work better. Their ideas are insightful, stories captivating, and recommendations useful. -Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor of Business, University of Michigan Partner, The RBL Group The Future-Proof Workplace provides the insights you need to ensure your organization is prepared today for the changes that are already upon us. -Margaret M. Keane, Chief Executive Officer of Synchrony Financial Linda and Morag share their clear thinking regarding the future-proof workplace. It's a new day in the work world, and to stay alive and competitive, employers and employees must understand and appreciate the myriad factors affecting the workplace at an alarming rate. Staying abreast of how globalization, demographic shifts, and technological advances impact our world are the keys to success. -Dale Mason Cochran, President, Concourse Ventures, Inc. The Future-Proof Workplace is a home run! It challenges us to embrace the most important discussion every leader must be having-how to future-proof their organization. -Jason Jennings, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Think BIG-Act Small, The Reinventors, and The High-Speed Company The Future-Proof Workplace highlights a subject other management texts avoid-that the nature of work has changed and yet our approach to work, in many cases, has not. This book is packed with stories and practical approaches and solutions to future-proof your organization. -Jean Elizabeth Lee, Principal, PwC Human Capital Consulting Recent business and technology shifts have created a workplace that is almost unrecognizable from that of two decades ago. And yet many of our approaches to leadership have remained unchanged. Sharkey and Barrett wake us up-crystallizing the changes and giving us new, values-driven tools for powerful, effective leadership. -Jim Ludema, PhD, cofounder and director of the Center for Values-Driven Leadership at Benedictine University