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1. Look for evidence of flexibility at five levels:
  • When work is conducted (hours);
  • Where work is conducted (workplace or elsewhere);
  • How work is conducted (eg. level of control);
  • Job structures (eg, part-time, job sharing); and
  • Career options.

2. Direct your energy for change at:

  • Work redesign;
  • Career redesign; and
  • Challenging traditional assumptions about work.

3. Support line managers, the managers who are critical for initiating flexibility and ensuring that flexibility is a key driver for core business outcomes.

4. Use a range of creative enablers to initiate and sustain flexibility.

5. Base your own strategy on five factors:

  • Determine your own vision of flexibility;
  • Articulate your business case for flexibility;
  • Identify the current level of flexibility;
  • Determine the creative enablers that will make the difference in your organisation; and
  • Measurement and evaluation.

 
 
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