July 23, 2024

191 - Exos & Adam Grant's Team Explore the Four-Day Workweek: Greg Hill (Chief People Officer, Exos)

Greg Hill, Chief People Officer at Exos, joined us on The Modern People Leader.

We discussed Exos' Readiness Culture Code, how they measured the success of their four-day workweek experiment, and the difference between productivity and effectiveness.

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(7:32) From Upstate New York to Chief People Officer at Exos

(11:44) The Readiness Culture Code Explained

(16:13) Flexibility and Recovery: The Four-Day Work Week

(24:45) Discussing CEO Meetings and Competitive Talent Challenges

(25:01) Tech Industry Challenges Post-COVID

(25:41) Discussion with Nick Bloom on the Four-Day Work Week

(27:24) Sales Performance and Net Promoter Scores (NPS) During the Pilot

(29:13) Positive Outcomes of the Pilot

(32:05) Tailoring Hybrid Work Solutions to Different Organizations

(34:03) Tie-Ins with Return-to-Office or Hybrid Programs

(36:19) Advice for Smaller Companies and Designing Structured Experiments

(43:17) Future Study on Quiet Quitting

(45:00) Measuring Performance and Productivity

(47:24) Talent Management in a Changing World

(51:36) Regional Directors and Cultural Norms

(52:26) Accountability at the Peer Level

(53:15) High-Performance Culture and Its Articulation

(56:00) Output Expectations Across Teams

(57:04) Generative AI: Enhancing vs. Replacing Human Input

(1:01:02) Call to Action for HR Leaders

(1:03:07) Personal Engagement in Workplace Transformation

(1:05:01) Magic Wand Fix for HR Problems

(1:06:33) Guest Recommendation: Todd McCarty

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