Gig Mindset Advantage: Why a Bold New Breed of Employee is Your Organization's Secret Weapon in Volatile Times

Managers and executives have a secret weapon on their side: an overlooked group of employees with a freelancer-style knack for improvisation, adaptability and innovation. Gig mindsetters are disruptors who upend business as usual and bridge gaps while achieving surprising outcomes and charting new directions.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 192 pages
\n Publication date: 27 May 2021
\n Publisher: Figure 1 Publishing
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Companies and organizations around the world are facing alarming challenges, including a global pandemic, market shocks, climate change, and political instability. However, in these uncertain times, organizational analyst Jane McConnell reveals that managers and executives have a secret weapon on their side: an overlooked group of employees known as "gig mindsetters." These individuals possess a freelancer-style knack for improvisation, adaptability, and innovation that offers a crucial key to the future.

While gig mindsetters can be found at all levels of the workforce, they often face stifling from managers who fail to recognize their value. However, these disruptors are poised to upend business as usual and bridge gaps, achieving surprising outcomes and charting new directions.

Six case studies of early adopters illustrate how the gig mindset is shaping business in diverse fields, such as science and technology, industrial energy, healthcare, financial services, agricultural commodity trading, and legal services. McConnell provides numerous examples and quotes to showcase the impact of gig mindsetters on organizations.

In The Gig Mindset Advantage, McConnell brings her decades of research into workforce culture, organizational strategy, and digital transformation into a compelling wake-up call to managers and executives. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing the value of gig mindsetters, overcoming the willful blindness of management based on pride, fear, and past successes, going beyond resilience to achieve proactive resilience, investing in movers (gig mindsetters already in the organization and those to come), defining a relevant balance between gig and traditional behaviors, and owning one's personal strategy by choosing one of three paths.

The book also includes checklists of points to ponder and discuss as individuals explore their own case and context. McConnell argues that long-term success and well-being lie in embracing the gig mindset and leveraging the unique skills and perspectives of gig mindsetters to drive innovation and growth in organizations.

In conclusion, the gig mindset is a powerful tool that can help companies and organizations navigate the challenges of the modern world. By recognizing the value of gig mindsetters and leveraging their skills and perspectives, managers and executives can unlock the full potential of their workforce and achieve sustainable success in an ever-changing landscape.

\n Weight: 450g\n
Dimension: 163 x 235 x 27 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781773271507\n \n