Brian Elliott

San Francisco

co-founder @FutureForum, exec at @Slackhq, @google, startups, @bcg. find me on Threads @brianpelliott or LI: https://t.co/OfeAK7cBLu

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RTO Mandates Won’t Fix a Broken Culture - Tribune Content Agency

2 weeks ago | tribunecontentagency.com | Brian Elliott

Brian Elliott is an executive adviser and speaker. He’s a coauthor of How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives (Wiley, 2022). The tension over whether employees can continue to work from home or need to return to the office is often driven by executives obsessed with culture. Amazon and other companies have hinged their five-day-a-week return-to-office (RTO) mandates on it.
RTO Mandates Won’t Fix a Broken Culture

2 weeks ago | sloanreview.mit.edu | Brian Elliott

Topics Column Our expert columnists offer opinion and analysis on important issues facing modern businesses and managers. More in this series Subscribe Share Summary: As the return-to-office debate continues, many executives still think of culture as something that only happens inside office walls. But real culture is how we work.
How to Get Real About Measuring to Outcomes

1 month ago | mitsloanme.com | Brian Elliott

Traditional management often conflates presence with performance, rewarding employees who put in face time even when their results lag. At NMG, Severson and his team took another route. Starting in 2019, they implemented what they called the NMG Way of Working (WOW), a framework built on a simple premise: Give people more choice over when, where, and how they work in exchange for accountability for results.
How to Get Real About Measuring to Outcomes - Tribune Content Agency

1 month ago | tribunecontentagency.com | Brian Elliott

Brian Elliott is an executive adviser and speaker. He’s a coauthor of How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives (Wiley, 2022). What matters more at the end of the workday: actual results, or all of the sensory cues from people actively scurrying about? That’s the essential question that lies behind the gap in the adoption of flexible work practices such as working from home or choosing your own hours.
How to Get Real About Measuring to Outcomes

1 month ago | sloanreview.mit.edu | Brian Elliott

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Five steps for solving calendar overload and unnecessary meetings for your team

2 months ago | charterworks.com | Brian Elliott |Cari Nazeer |Kevin Delaney

The calendar crisis is real: nearly half of all meetings could be eliminated without negative impact, yet most organizations struggle to make meaningful changes. Leading companies like Dropbox and Slack have cracked the code, achieving 69% meeting effectiveness and 85% of employees saying that time management programs are a significant benefit. Most attempts to fix calendar overload fail because they're too localized or temporary.
Five Hybrid Work Trends to Watch in 2025

Dec 15, 2024 | sloanreview.mit.edu | Brian Elliott

Topics Column Our expert columnists offer opinion and analysis on important issues facing modern businesses and managers. More in this series Subscribe Share Just a few months ago, many people thought the battles over the value of the hybrid work model — and, on the flip side, return-to-office (RTO) mandates — were finally dying down.
Overcoming the genAI "trough of disillusionment"

Nov 17, 2024 | charterworks.com | Brian Elliott |Michelle Peng |Cari Nazeer |Kevin Delaney

With Charter Pro, get unlimited access to: In-depth reporting, exclusive analysis, and essential research to stay ahead on critical workplace issues and navigate the future of work Three premium, expert-led newsletters per week for quick decision-making insights Templates, toolkits and benchmarks to effectively lead and implement key initiatives Exclusive live events and on-demand workshops for unique networking and upskilling opportunities
How to Stand Up When It Comes to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Tribune Content Agency

Oct 28, 2024 | tribunecontentagency.com | Brian Elliott

Brian Elliott is an executive adviser and speaker. He is coauthor of How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives (Wiley, 2022). Recently, several high-profile U.S. organizations have backtracked on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments. Rural chain store Tractor Supply said it would eliminate DEI roles and goals, and farm equipment company John Deere said it would no longer sponsor social or cultural awareness events.
How to Stand Up When It Comes to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Oct 27, 2024 | sloanreview.mit.edu | Brian Elliott

Topics Column Our expert columnists offer opinion and analysis on important issues facing modern businesses and managers. More in this series Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty ImagesRecently, several high-profile U.S. organizations have backtracked on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments.