For those of us not in attendance at the great private-jet-powered, sustainability-obsessed meeting of minds that was Davos this year, there was one buzzword brought back by attendees that have really stuck with me (or in my gullet, to be precise): “mattering”.
Supposedly, the “secret to management in a new hybrid-working economy” is not honouring working hours, or ensuring employees are achieving a proper work-life balance, or even just keeping in regular contact with them. No, the most crucial thing is “delivering” and “cultivating” something known as “mattering” – the belief that you are important to others in your workplace.
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