New Workplace

Radostina (Ina) Purvanova is Professor of Management and Organizational Leadership in the Zimpleman College of Business at Drake University. Her research interests lie in the area of virtual work, hybrid (flexible) work practices, and leadership processes in virtual teams. In her consulting work, she provides training and development around virtual work, leadership, and women-in-leadership, and speaks at industry conferences and events.Alanah Mitchell is the Aliber Distinguished Professor of Information Systems, and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the Zimpleman College of Business at Drake University. For more than two decades, she has worked as a researcher, educator, and consultant in relation to the design, implementation, and use of information and communication technologies for collaboration, specifically in global virtual teams.

• Part I: The New Workplace.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Where We Prefer to Work.- Part II: Personas in Remote-First Companies.- Chapter 3: Meet the Avatar, the Centrist, and the Community-seeker.- Chapter 4: Aligned and Misaligned Personas: Same Remote-First Company, Different Work Experiences.- Part III: Personas in Office-Forward Companies.- Chapter 5: Meet the Officer, the Progressive, and the Producer.- Chapter 6: Aligned and Misaligned Personas: Same Office-Forward Company, Different Work Experiences.- Part IV: Personas in Hybrid Companies.- Chapter 7: Meet the Integrator, the Traditionalist, and the Rebel.- Chapter 8: Aligned and Misaligned Personas: Same Hybrid Company, Different Work Experiences.- Part V: Finding Alignment.- Chapter 9: How Do Organizations Align Their Workplace Strategy to Employee Work Location Preferences.- Chapter 10: How Do Leaders Align Their Teams.- Chapter 11: How Do You Grow into The Persona You Wish to Be.-  Chapter 12: Alignment and the New Workplace.