EP 428: How to create a productive hybrid work environment with Felice Ekelman and Julie Kantor

Remote and hybrid work environments are here to stay. While some agencies have successfully returned to the office full-time, and some may have never even left, many agencies are still struggling to crack the code on hybrid work without upsetting their employees.

 

It’s a difficult balance, but it has become ever-important as these demands begin cementing into our work culture. And if you’re working with creatives, the conversation around a hybrid workplace has probably been even louder.

So this week, we’re joined by Felice Ekelman and Julie Kantor, authors of Thrive With a Hybrid Workplace: Step-by-step Guidance From the Experts, to teach us how to approach these conversations and transitions from a legal and psychological point-of-view.

We all know that as agency owners, there’s nothing more expensive or as valuable as our employees, and we just want them to be happy working with us. So tune in to learn how to have these conversations and set expectations around hybrid work environments so we can all have a better agency together.

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What You Will Learn in This Episode:

• The making of the Thrive With a Hybrid Workplace book
• The shifts and trends of hybrid and remote work post-covid
• Creating a balance in a hybrid work environment
• The challenges for agency leaders in creating a collaborative hybrid work environment and maintaining communication
• What type of training agency leaders need to build a thriving hybrid work culture
• How to develop productivity benchmarks without the ability to observe in person
• Getting agency leaders out of the fear mindset and setting appropriate boundaries with agency employees