Employers who force staff to return to the office five days a week have been called the “dinosaurs of our age” by one of the world’s leading experts who coined the term “presenteeism”.
Sir Cary Cooper, a professor of organisational psychology and health at the University of Manchester’s Alliance Manchester Business School, said employers imposing strict requirements on staff to be in the office risked driving away talented workers, damaging the wellbeing of employees and undermining their financial performance.
As a rule, I don’t read anything by someone who puts “sir” in their name
Do you believe that people should use job titles they no longer hold?
I don’t think we should be using such terms to address people, generally.
Use your name. Don’t prefix it with “President” or “Sir” or whatever. This was done to establish hierarchy, but we as a society need to recognize that no person is superior to another person. By just using a name (and eliminating the title), you recognize equality amongst people.
Sure, you can have a title that indicates what cog in a org you currently occupy, but it shouldn’t be used in your name.
What if it is put in their name by someone else?
Throughout the rest of the article the professor is just referred to as Cooper.