Business leaders are struggling to catch up, and keep up, with the changes demanded by the modern marketplace. Meanwhile, employees are prevented from reaching their full potential due to outdated management approaches. In this report, we identify the three questions leaders must address to succeed in the future of work.

1. Work Isn't Working:
The Future of Work 2016 Report
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2. In 2016, it’s time to abandon business
as usual and work in a new way:
leaders must bridge the gap between
how quickly the market moves and
how quickly their teams respond.
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The Future of Work

3. 1. Processes & Policies
2. Employee Engagement
3. Enterprise Technology
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Three Challenges Facing Leaders Today

4. Processes & Policies
DESCRIPTION
Organizations are trying to match the increased
speed of marketplace by overworking their teams
rather than prioritizing work and streamlining
processes.
SOUNDS LIKE
“We’re moving too slowly compared to our market
and our customers’ increasing expectations.”
DATA POINT
Only 17% of team leaders strongly
agreed that their team was able to
move fast enough to meet customer
needs in a dynamic market.
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The Issue

5. Employee Engagement
DESCRIPTION
In an effort to attract top talent, organizations are
confusing perks and parties for what truly
motivates employees: the opportunity (and the
conditions) to do the defining work of their career.
SOUNDS LIKE
“We recruit really smart people, and we discourage
their intelligence at every turn.”
DATA POINT
65% of team leaders feel they need
help with company culture and team
design.
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The Issue

6. Enterprise Technology
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The Issue
DESCRIPTION
As software becomes more intrinsic to the
enterprise, organizations are focused on where
automation can replace jobs (and cut costs) rather
than where it can enhance workers to better serve
their customers and grow the business.
SOUNDS LIKE
“I spend so much time filling out timesheets and
process reports, it’s hard to get my real work done.”
DATA POINT
Just 14% strongly agreed that they
were satisfied with the existing
software used to manage employee
workload.

7. Processes & Policies
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8. Organizations must
streamline work in order
to keep up the the
evolving marketplace.
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Survey Results: Processes & Policies

9. Only 17% strongly
agreed that their
team was able to
move fast enough
to meet customer
needs in a dynamic
market.
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Survey Results: Processes & Policies

10. The top three issues slowing down teams:
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Survey Results: Processes & Policies
59%
Not enough time to
do everything they
want or need to.
59%
Unclear or
conflicting
strategies.
49%
The organizational
structure acts as
an obstacle.

11. Employee Engagement
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12. Recruitment and
retention need a shake-
up to attract best in class
Millennial talent.
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Survey Results: Employee Engagement

13. Just 21% strongly
believe their team is
well positioned to
attract & retain top
talent.
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Survey Results: Employee Engagement

14. The most pressing issues facing organizations in
the next two years regarding talent:
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Survey Results: Processes & Policies
69%
Retaining Talent
67%
Recruiting Talent
55%
Career Progression

15. Enterprise Technology
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16. Teams need fewer
individual solutions and
more ecosystems of
tools to feel unified
and useful.
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Survey Results: Enterprise Technology

17. 14% strongly
agreed that they
were satisfied with
existing software
they were using to
manage employee
workload.
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Survey Results: Enterprise Technology

18. The top three issues leaders are facing
regarding software include:
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Survey Results: Processes & Policies
73%
A low
adoption rate
73%
Too many competing
systems
65%
Doesn’t capture
the metrics needed

19. Download the full report for:
● An in-depth exploration of these key issues
● Leading practices from innovative companies
● Recommendations on how teams can adapt and
succeed
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20. About NOBL
NOBL (‘no-bell’) is a change management
practice that helps teams collaborate
better, using leading practices and a
tailored, human-centric approach.
Contact us to discuss how we can help
your team collaborate better.
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How We Know What We Know