Sodexo Workplace Trends Report: 12 Key Issues and Solutions for Business Leaders

Sodexo Workplace Trends Report identifies leading marketplace indicators focusing key people- and community-centric workplace practices that create competitive advantage for organizations and value for employees

The 2013 Report* identifies 12 significant Workplace Trends:

1. The Built Environments Crucial Role in Organization Performance
2. Superstar Recruitment – the Power of Community
3. Inspiring a Connection to People, Community and Brand Through CSR
4. A Contemporary View of Inclusion and its Effect of Psychological Health
5. 21st Century Mentoring
6. Thriving in the Cloud
7. Ushering in the New Era of Recognition
8. Facilities Management: A Strategy, Not a Tactic
9. Data Reporting OUT; Predictive Modeling IN
10. International Design and Construction; a Shifting Paradigm
11. The Changing Office…Literally
12. Integration as THE Solution

The 2013 Workplace Trends Report combines insight from clients, academia, principal research, and leading facilities management and human resource trade organizations. Sodexo’s researchers used mixed-method research to monitor and collectively examine trends that affect the quality of life of their consumers in the workplace. This approach included traditional quantitative measures such as end user satisfaction and preference surveys, psychographic analysis at client sites, social media monitoring and a literary review consisting of consultant reports, academic and trade journals, and information from industry associations. The 2013 Workplace Trends Report represents a sample size in excess of 1,000 end users.