Flexible work

How to Apply Flexibility to Improve Employee Performance

Author Name: Gemma Dale

Flexible Working is a practical guide for HR professionals that explains how to develop an effective flexible working strategy that meets the needs of employees and organizations. It explains how to design effective policies and processes for implementing flexibility, as well as how to deploy them and train line managers on these practices. It also includes guidance on overcoming barriers .
Facing flexible working, dispels common myths and provides guidance on the different flexible working patterns available to organizations.
This book demonstrates that working practices outside the traditional 9-to-5 office-based five-day week can benefit a company. It leads to enhanced employee engagement and performance, reduced costs and workplace stress, and the ability to attract talent from a more diverse pool. It also explains how a proactive flexible work policy can deliver sustainability benefits, as well as reduce a company's carbon footprint. Packed with case studies from prominent organizations such as Zurich Insurance Group and Thales, and supported by rigorous analysis of relevant data, Flexible Working is essential reading for all HR professionals.