It Begins & Ends with the Manager: A Blueprint for the Future

The manager is arguably the most important person in the workforce right now. A good manager offers guidance and support, motivates and inspires, and acts as a bridge between leadership and employee, helping to establish expectations and ultimately achieve organizational goals. The global pandemic has only multiplied the importance of the manager’s role, as entire teams moved to remote work overnight, confusion and uncertainty swelled, and stress skyrocketed as morale suffered.

In fact, in a study conducted by Qualtrics to determine which characteristics have the biggest impact on candidate decision-making, immediate manager emerged as the most influential factor, beating out immediate team, compensation, benefits, company values and career advancement, among others.

How can we best support the crucial development of the people who fill these roles in our organizations?

Join this discussion, the third in a four-part series, “Design the Future of Work,” featuring a panel of talent development leaders who will focus on the increasing importance of the manager’s role in an organization’s success and a positive company culture, what upskilling and leadership development efforts should be implemented to support your managers, and the metrics and data you need to be collecting, measuring and acting on to help managers effectively do their jobs and grow within their roles.