According to a recent survey of more than 32,000 workers from 17 countries, nearly two thirds of today’s workforce would consider looking for a new job if they were required to return to the office full time. In response to this growing demand for flexible work, many organizations are embracing new ways of working — but it’s not always obvious how to give people the flexibility they want and need while still ensuring you achieve your business objectives.
How Can You Build Visibility into a Hybrid Workplace?
Flexible work comes with many benefits — but it can pose a challenge when it comes to measuring and tracking performance, as traditional approaches often rely on the assumption that work is conducted in person during regular working hours. If employers don’t have the visibility they need, they will miss valuable opportunities to provide training, optimize workflows, and invest in critical new technologies. But if employees don’t have flexibility they need, they will lose trust in their leaders, grow frustrated with the lack of autonomy, and become less engaged. In this piece, the author uses two years of workforce activity data from more than 50,000 employees to explore how today’s leaders can better understand these interconnected dynamics, and to identify and implement the forms of flexibility and visibility that will empower their teams and be most effective for their business.