{"id":1826,"date":"2022-10-13T15:43:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T07:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2023-06-02T10:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T02:20:18","slug":"latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Stanford research reveals successful management strategies on Hybrid WFH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the post-pandemic era, lots of leaders express that they<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/09\/29\/leaders-hybrid-work-productivity-paranoia\/\"> have &#8220;productivity paranoia&#8221;<\/a>, and find it highly challenging to have faith in their workers&#8217; productivity due to the transition to hybrid work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would there be some way that can help to relieve these kinds of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/09\/29\/leaders-hybrid-work-productivity-paranoia\/\">productivity paranoia<\/a>&#8221; for the decision-makers? This latest research from a Standford economist of WFH Research could help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Why_does_hybrid_working_still_stay\" title=\"Why does hybrid working still stay?\">Why does hybrid working still stay?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Employees_are_happier\" title=\"Employees are happier\">Employees are happier<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Retain_talents\" title=\"Retain talents\">Retain talents<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Productivity_is_increased\" title=\"Productivity is increased \">Productivity is increased <\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Supports_diversity_equity_and_inclusion\" title=\"Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion\">Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Hints_about_Hybrid_WFH\" title=\"Hints about Hybrid WFH\">Hints about Hybrid WFH<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Employees_desire_both_autonomy_and_coordination\" title=\"Employees desire both autonomy and coordination\">Employees desire both autonomy and coordination<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Number_of_days_for_WFH\" title=\"Number of days for WFH\">Number of days for WFH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Social_capital_the_benefit_of_working_in_the_office\" title=\"Social capital: the benefit of working in the office\">Social capital: the benefit of working in the office<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/10\/13\/latest-stanford-research-reveals-success-management-strategies-on-hybrid-wfh\/#Action_can_be_made_for_the_most_of_Hybrid_WFH\" title=\"Action can be made for the most of Hybrid WFH\">Action can be made for the most of Hybrid WFH<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_hybrid_working_still_stay\"><\/span>Why does hybrid working still stay?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/09\/22\/complete-list-of-future-workplace-survey-and-guideline-in-2022-and-onward\/#Standford\">research &#8220;The Future of WFH&#8221;<\/a> from Standford started in 2004. Currently monthly surveys of 10,000 US working-age adults and 1,000 US firms and discussion and consulting with 100s of organizations globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on this research, there are several benefits&nbsp;of hybrid working explain why this is becoming dominant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Employees_are_happier\"><\/span><em>Employees are happier<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Employee value of a hybrid work environment is comparable to their value of an 8% salary raise. This indicates that <em>even if their company offered them almost 10% more money to go back to work full-time, they would choose a hybrid policy\u2014or to keep the one they now have<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Retain_talents\"><\/span><em>Retain talents<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Referring to the paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/09\/22\/complete-list-of-future-workplace-survey-and-guideline-in-2022-and-onward\/#Cambridge\">How Hybrid Working From Home Works Out<\/a>&#8220;, marketing and finance professionals found WFH reduced quit rates by <strong>35%<\/strong>.<br><br>(Learn more about how hybrid working retain talent: <a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/07\/27\/it-talent-expectation-flexibility-2022\/\">GitLab: Flexibility is critical for retaining IT talent now<\/a>)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Productivity_is_increased\"><\/span><em>Productivity is increased <\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Paper &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/09\/22\/complete-list-of-future-workplace-survey-and-guideline-in-2022-and-onward\/#Cambridge\">How Hybrid Working From Home Works Out<\/a>&#8220;, natural experiments and survey research suggest a <strong>small productivity boost from WFH of around 3% to 5%<\/strong><br><br>(Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/2022\/07\/19\/employee-productivity-and-hybrid-working\/\">What is Employee Productivity and how does it relate to Hybrid Working now?<\/a>)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Supports_diversity_equity_and_inclusion\"><\/span><em>Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Data suggests that Hybrid-WFH can help support diversity in various dimensions, like 86% of Latinx \/ Hispanic, 81% of Asian\/ Asian American and Black would prefer a hybrid of full remote work arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hints_about_Hybrid_WFH\"><\/span>Hints about Hybrid WFH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Employees_desire_both_autonomy_and_coordination\"><\/span>Employees desire both autonomy and coordination<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-33-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1832\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-33-1024x575.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-33-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-33-768x431.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-33.png 1093w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Decision-makers may struggle between providing enough flexibility to workers and maintaining coordination within the working group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the survey, actually employees desire both autonomy and coordination: 69.9% of people prefer being able to choose which days can work from home, while 75.6% of them would like their employers to set a policy that determines who works from home on which days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-36-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1835\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-36-1024x576.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-36-300x169.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-36-768x432.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-36.png 1099w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Who decides which days and how many days employees work remotely?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Who decides which days and how many days employees work remotely? Based on the research, firms with 250+ employees would determine at the team level or by company. For smaller firms with less than 25 employees, the remote work pattern will be declined to be fully decentralized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Number_of_days_for_WFH\"><\/span>Number of days for WFH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"472\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1833\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-34.png 850w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-34-300x167.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-34-768x426.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Worker desired amount of post-COVID WFH days<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Survey also questioned, &#8220;As the pandemic ends, how often would you like to have paid workdays at home? For each day last week, did you work a full day (6 or more hours), and if so where&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the responses to the question, only 16.3% of respondents would prefer rarely or never WFH after the COVID-19 pandemic, and most of them (83.7%) would like to have more than 1 day that can work from home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_capital_the_benefit_of_working_in_the_office\"><\/span>Social capital: the benefit of working in the office<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-35-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1834\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-35-1024x571.png 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-35-300x167.png 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-35-768x428.png 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-35.png 1096w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For asking about the top 3 benefits of working on an employer&#8217;s business premises, the employees answer as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Face-to-face collaboration (54.8%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Socializing (54.0%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work\/personal life boundaries (44.4%)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Employees would like to come back to the office for 1 hour for communicating with colleagues, not for free bagels and drinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Action_can_be_made_for_the_most_of_Hybrid_WFH\"><\/span>Action can be made for the most of Hybrid WFH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stanford economist&nbsp;Nick Bloom stated some actions leaders can make the most of Hybrid WFH which can set culture to achieve &#8220;<em>office time = group social time<\/em>&#8220;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coordinate your team to come in on the same 2 or 3 days every week <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote in-person meetings, events, coffee, training, and lunches on those office days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suggest cross-office zoom meetings and reading, writing, data, etc on home days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For new hires (&lt; 1 or 2 years), add an extra day in the office for mentoring<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about productivity in the hybrid working era: <a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/?s=Productivity+\">https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/?s=Productivity+<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Develop your own hybrid office with our smart office system: <a href=\"https:\/\/ones.software\/\">https:\/\/ones.software\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hybrid working is more valuable than companies may think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[251,93,247,250,249,246,248],"class_list":["post-1826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smart-office-statistics","tag-autonomy-and-coordination","tag-future-of-work","tag-hybrid-wfh","tag-management","tag-management-strategy","tag-social-capital","tag-stanford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1826"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3405,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1826\/revisions\/3405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ones.software\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}