Flexibility: The Way Forward

This is a half-day workshop for management teams considering the introduction of flexible working.

By the end of the workshop delegates will have

• An outline understanding of best practice flexible working
• An initial view of the relevance for their organisation
• A list of quick wins
• Agreed forward actions

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Best Practice Benchmarking

Previously introduced annual hours or other form of flexible working?
Assess where you are against current best practice in this half-day workshop.

Using our 5 key concepts we explore issues such as

• Demand profiling
• • Accurate measures of throughput of product or service
  • Asset utilisation
• Work time modules
• • Working hours planned to match predictable need for hours
  • How do you deal with unpredictabilities
• Job and Team Profiling
• • Levels of flexibility
  • Minimise non value added work
• Work Life Balance
• • Operating ground rules
  • Meaningful leisure time
• Motivation and Reward
• • Team control over work
  • Commitment to the organisation

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Establishing the Business Case

This is an outline exercise for organisations wishing to either introduce flexible working or significantly improve existing arrangements. A highly participative approach, it is carried out on site and tailored to each clients specific needs.

Overall Purpose

To identify and analyse potential benefits of introducing best practice flexible working

Deliverables

• Assessment of performance and productivity increase achievable, based on best practice flexible working
• Benchmarking current ways of working
• Change management assessment
• Presentation of
• • findings,
  • conclusions,
  • recommendations
  • the way forward

We provide full details of the data requirements prior to the exercise.

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