Future Forward Institute developed the Win-Win Workplace Framework to redefine the employer-employee relationship around a set of tools that CEOs, C-Suite leaders, small business owners, managers, and employees can draw on to co-construct a more sustainable, human-centered workplace. The framework is comprised of nine pillars posited as integral to driving business success:

1. Centering Employee Voices—Creating formal channels for feedback from employees and using that feedback to improve the workplace.
2. Cultivating Mutualistic Working Relationships—Building intentional positive and collaborative relationships between employees and employers.
3. Implementing Intersectional Inclusion Strategies—Creating a workplace that is inclusive of all employees, recognizing each individual’s background and identities.
4. Reimagining Employee Benefits—Offering a comprehensive benefits package that includes human-centered offerings such as parental leave, subsidized childcare, and dependent care.
5. Implementing Frontline Leader-Driven Strategies— Empowering frontline leaders to champion inclusion initiatives.
6. Hiring STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes) versus Prioritizing Credentials—Hiring candidates based on skills, talents, abilities, and results rather than solely on academic credentials.
7. Developing Deep Talent Benches—Nurturing and developing talent within the organization to fill future leadership roles.
8. Using Human-Capital Reporting as a Competitive Strategy— sing disaggregated human-capital data and metrics as part of decision-making.
9. Distributed Leadership-Entrepreneurial Structures—Empowering employees throughout the organization to take ownership and make company decisions.

See: Research: Competitive Advantage of the Win-Win Workplace - Future Forward Institute, JUST Capital & Burning Glass Institute | Learn & Work Ecosystem Library