GAUGING THE MARKET
FIVE STEPS TO REVIEWING YOUR REAL ESTATE
One of the lasting consequences of the pandemic is the need for flexible working . Employees are demanding it from their employers , with many insisting they prefer working from home , compared to the office . Karl Breeze , CEO at Matrix Booking , provides insights into this and offers business leaders five steps on how they can review their workspaces .
If last year proved anything , it is that flexible working is the future , not a fad . Even the most resistant traditionalist leaders must now acknowledge that working from home can be just as productive , if not more so , than working in the office . However , the most significant learning is that employees crave choice – in where , when , and even for how long they work . As long as they achieve their goals , business leaders have little grounds to argue .
So , what ’ s next ? Most employees are content with the home-office timeshare and even the most reluctant CEOs must face the reality . The next step is to develop the hybrid working dynamic in the best way possible while encouraging more efficient and economical use of workspaces .
If the brand ’ s headquarters are no longer the epicentre of all activity , what are they now ?
Organisations must ask themselves these questions to review their real estate and reconsider what the workspace is for . . . .
1 . A space to work
That ’ s right – before you get too far ahead of yourself , remember that the artist formerly known as ‘ office ’ isn ’ t completely dead .
Recent research has revealed the number of employment tribunal decisions relating to flexible working has continued to rise in the past year . When it feels like employee power has shot through the roof and workers have evidence of strong performance data to propel that rocket , there might be an understandable leaning among decision-makers to give up on the office-as-workspace model altogether . This would be a mistake .
Additional figures suggest that 70 % of workers genuinely crave a hybrid dynamic .
Making the office a perfect area for interviews , onboarding , training and progression reviews is one of the best ways to keep the former essence of that space alive . www . intelligentfin . tech
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