Megan Witherspoon is Altria’s Vice President of Communications. She leads communications and methods of interaction with the public on behalf of the Circle of Family Members of Altria Corporations in this role.
During his 17 years at Altria, he held positions in several roles: Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations; strategy and business development; Investor Relations; marketing; and, of course, as a component of their existing leadership role, corporate communications.
Witherspoon’s perspectives on the current state of corporate culture should be appreciated.
“We’re at that pivotal moment where we’re not back to normal,” Witherspoon said. “I don’t think there’s anything normal, yet parts of global, secure industries and companies are looking to resume in a way that resembles what we had before. “
She believes that painters around the world express their dissatisfaction with paintings and their needs. “I think about what they expect from their employer and their task,” he said, “and I think other people expect leaders to be human beings and empathetic, thinking about more than just the task at hand. “
It is evident that new behaviors have formed since the beginning of the pandemic. Expectations have changed. ” People have learned better tactics to do their jobs,” he said, “in a way that is more satisfying to them and professionally. I think it’s hard to go backwards, so I think flexibility is [becoming] key. “
In addition, around the world, team members need to see more humanity in the workplace. As a result, ideals about leadership have evolved. For example, workers should be considered as one of a company’s key stakeholders, not as the fifth or sixth on the list. list, shareholder, politicians and regulators.
Witherspoon said, “We want to reconsider the painter’s stature and the way we think about paintings in a way that can be the maximum productive and the maximum satisfying. “She believes that this kind of considered and action-oriented replacement will be in the future.
“Years ago, it was enough for a leader to manage jobs and offer false business results,” he said, “and that kind of thing the leader or manager intended to do. “Today, it is evident that leaders want to be very aware of issues such as diversity, inclusion and equity. “We want to help expand other people. We want to recognize that other people want meaning in their works and find ways to associate what they do with that meaning. “
It’s evident to Witherspoon that leaders want to be there for other people like never before the pandemic.
“I think a company wants to be transparent about its vision, where it wants to go and why,” he exclaimed. “All workers want to perceive this and feel like they are part of the big picture. “
Witherspoon and others concluded that it paints everything you were doing at the same time as the position you held. “It’s like the term paints both,” he said. I think we’ve tried to separate those two concepts to say that painting is what you do, but it can be done in other positions, at other times and in other ways. . “
An appeal of Witherspoon is that the workplace is a tool. “It’s one of the many tools,” he added, “that can be used to perform the task, but it’s not the right tool for each and every type of paint and for each and every person. “
“If I have to make specific paintings where I’m reading, writing or answering emails, being in the workplace is the position for me because there are so many distractions. “
Leadership modeling is critical, and the habits displayed through the organization’s most sensible executives will send an unequivocal message about the expectations of others to replace their habit accordingly.
“Leaders want to be aware that they don’t create inequality,” Witherspoon said, “where other people feel like they have to be physically available in the workplace to have time and opportunities face-to-face. “It is transparent to her that the proximity bias factor can be a real problem.
She said: “We are going through an era of change. Employees feel increasingly empowered. If team members don’t get what they want from their current employer, there are other features that will better suit their wishes. Risk because they have just had a complete intellectual and emotional reset in recent years around what topics for them. “
Witherspoon believes that workers what is important in their professional life and the price of their current role. “What does a paycheck buy you,” he said, “compared to how you delineate the good fortune in your life?”As a result, she believes that other people are willing to give up part of their salary to have a greater balance and more fulfillment in their work.
“Employees know that there are corporations that are a little more forward-thinking and don’t have to stay where they are with their current employer if they don’t offer wonderful options. “
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