training & development
Flexible Work is Booming,
but Proper Training Lags Behind
SPECIAL TRAINING FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT
SHOULD BE HIGH ON HR’S AGENDA
By Wayne Berger
The demand for flexible working has increased across the
globe, and 2016 will continue to see rapid growth in flexible
and remote working. Today more than ever before,
smart HR leaders are helping their companies embrace
this new way of working.
We’ve heard it before, and we’ll hear it again – flexible work is
one of the top ways to attract and retain talent. According to the
latest research by global workspace provider, Regus, 61 per cent of
firms use flexible working as a way to attract and retain staff, highlighting
the important role that flexible working has in boosting
productivity and motivating or rewarding talented staff.
The research also revealed that worldwide, 54 per cent of senior
managers believe companies like theirs are looking to increase
the number of remote workers, and 76 per cent believe that senior
management can actually become more productive if they work
flexibly.
It may come as no surprise then that the majority of firms are
shifting their focus to measuring employee outputs with resultsbased
assessments, rather than simply focusing on time spent
in the office. This signals that remote working is becoming the
norm and that firms have no interest in rewarding “unproductive
presenteeism.”
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