Developing a Strong Organizational Culture in a Remote/Hybrid Work Era
3:20 - 4:00
Over the course of just a few years, education companies’ workplaces have been transformed. Many employees now expect to be allowed to work mostly remotely – and many employers have sought to accommodate their desires. But for education organizations, new workplace flexibility creates a new set of challenges. How can education companies create a coherent, mission-focused organizational culture in an environment in which most of employees’ contact with each other is via a computer screen? Education companies also face questions about how quickly they should ask workers to return to the office – if at all – and about whether job flexibility has become a requirement for acquiring talent. In this panel, we talk to education company officials about the new normal, and how they’re trying to nurture and maintain environments that serve both their organizations’ missions and employees’ needs.
