James is back for more hybrid leadership discovery, answering the question: 'what makes an effective hybrid leader?' Today, he’s looking at the wider context of hybrid working & what research can tell us about leading hybrid teams.

Helping him do that are Professor of Work and Organisation at Cranfield School of Management; Clare Kelliher, and a fellow Senior Learning Consultant at Capita with a focus on inclusive practices and maximising employee engagement; Justice Onwuka.

In this fascinating discussion, we delve into the importance of ‘informal choice’, the challenge with the ‘door’ always being open & why we shouldn’t reduce work to a ‘set of tasks’.

And, as we were passing by anyway, we pop in to Learning Room 101, where Justice feels like he’s in Groundhog Day with learning objectives and Clare wants us to get specific…

00:49 – Learning Room 101 - what aspects of L&D will our guests throw away today?

03:45 – What is the context in which hybrid working exists?

17:45 – How can hybrid leaders balance the needs of distributed teams?

27:25 – What are the core skills of an effective hybrid leader?