The previous 3 articles discusses some workplace trends and predictions in 2019 that successful leaders need to address. They are more about challenges for the managerial lines. Based on the survey conducted by Gallup, the possible trends include the fact that employees put fewer trusts upon the management. The most common reasons include lack of two-way communication and inappropriate leadership styles. Therefore, the challenges for the leaders in 2019 are addressing the communication problems and improving the leadership styles.
Now, the current discussions on workplace trends and predictions in 2019 will focus on some predictions made by Kat Boogaard on wike.com. They still include communication styles. Given the roles of social media and internet technology, as well as gender equality issues, Kat Boogaard adds four other trends. Tey are emphasis on work-life balance, increased mentorship opportunities, faster pace of work, and gender quality.
Workplace Trends and Predictions in 2019: More Centralized Communication
Actually, centralized communication is not something new. It has been around in the last few years, since internet technology gets deeper into human life. However, Boogaard predicted that it would be ever more centralized. Instant massaging communication has brought about many advantages and conveniences. A manager can easily send instruction to employees by means of instant massaging.
On the other hand, instant massaging technology gives added burdens for the employees. They include:
- The employees may find it struggling with communication overload.
- They face increased stress during the workday
- They had more pressure to respond the manager’s commands. The ReportLinker survey finds that respondents feel more pressure to respond in immediate way.
- Some employees even find face difficulty concentrating on their jobs, and
- The employees tend to waste much time on communication line responding for the managers’ messages.
Benefits of More Centralized and Streamlined Communication at Workplace
Of course, instant massages and chat apps will not disappear. They will be even more varied. However, employers now realize the need for a single platform to unify the varied systems. This can be obtained only if there is no conversation siloes due to private messaging. Other words, a more streamlined and centralized communication system is necessary. This will be a part of workplace trends and predictions in 2019
The centralized communication system will provide the enterprises with a number of benefits. Besides unifying the varied system, it will:
- Consolidate the projects
- Tie activities to achieve the organization gals, and
- Empower the employees to enhance their performance in an effective way
- Cut the time wasted for chatting and responding
- Enhance effectiveness of communication
The unified communication system certainly needs technology support. There is no talk about the technology yet. Perhaps, this will be a different challenge for app developers. Social media may be a possible tool. However, social media feeds may even disturb the employees’ concentration. It is very hard to filter what comes into the social media feeds. Other alternatives include group massaging apps and social intranet software.
Besides centralized communication system, there are some other workplace trends and predictions in 2019. Make sure to catch them up in the next post.