In terms of managerial innovation, nowadays, the business world is in transition to new technologies and the facilitation of team management. However, in addition to the digital revolution, there are different human management practices around the world that deserve to be highlighted. Because above all, it is the human being that we manage and not the machine.

Here are some examples from which we can draw inspiration:

First, to uphold the company’s values. Simply highlighting these values through boxes or other is not enough, the employee must feel these same values at all stages of the organization’s operation. This process is necessary for the employee’s good commitment to the company, his creativity and his personal development.

Then comes managerial innovation, which this time concerns not the company’s values but the enhancement of the employee himself in his or her work environment. Indeed, breaking a few codes of the hierarchy is beneficial to the good professional development of your teams. Involving them in tasks and other meetings different from the operational level where they usually work, will give them confidence, maturity and fulfillment. They will therefore feel listened to, even privileged for some, which will reinforce the notion of value that is brought to them.

Finally, another interesting practice of managing people is that of training. Essential in any type of work, it allows the employee to understand the company’s objectives and how to achieve them. However, the latter is not always well established. Some therefore remain with a half-completed training and can therefore not transmit in complete transparency when there is a change of squad, for example. This is why there is a trend to carry out, one day a week, a learning day allowing employees to either complete their training, improve it, or possibly be beneficial to others, by teaching them new techniques. The aim is to identify know-how, interpersonal skills, and thus to ensure that a better cohesion of the company’s teams can emerge from these days specially designed for training. Of course, it is understandable that these days must be planned so as not to create interference with the company’s activity.

It is therefore innovations like these that are able to change the culture of a company, to change the way of working in order to make it more efficient but also more flexible when periods of high activity arrive, for example.

For more examples and information, read the article by Camille Marchais, for Les Echos Executives here:

https://business.lesechos.fr/directions-marketing/communication/communication-interne/0301538978814-six-pratiques-manageriales-du-monde-entier-pour-travailler-autrement-320780.php