“The workplace is changing.”

Leaders hear this declaration all the time. In the past, it carried little weight because change is a constant in the business world.

So, why does it feel different now? Why does “change” feel so pervasive?

Because the changes that are affecting organizations today are coming at a dizzying pace. They’re overlapping and colliding in ways they haven’t before. They’re historic and monumental.

According to Gallup’s State of the American Workplace report, releasing today, these changes are forcing organizations to reconsider how they manage employees in a time when the very essence of how, when and where people work — and the value they place on work — is shifting.

Employees Are Pushing Employers to Forgo Traditional Structures

Forces colliding in the workplace are putting stress on the traditional ways of managing and structuring work. New and emerging technologies are transforming the type of work employees perform, as well as where and how work gets done.

As the nature of teams becomes more complex, organizations need to become more agile and collaborative than before. More people do their jobs […]