Finding ways to promote and support team working and collaboration among remote or hybrid teams was a key challenge identified by the survey. Hussain said Dell tackled this by reconfiguring its offices as drop-in, collaborative, workshop-style spaces that encouraged team working – a strategy that is also now being pursued by the GPA’s hubs network.
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There were no “magic bullets”, he said, and there was a quick pace of change and decision-making required around hybrid working. “We’re not starting from a blank canvas,” he said. “There are limits to resources, and therefore we have to tailor everybody’s expectations as to what’s possible.”. Bourke was speaking from ...
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The future is hybrid working. While many of these tools and technologies have had to be put in place rapidly this year and were initially seen as temporary, the future of work looks likely to continue, with technology at the heart of that shift. DELL Technologies anticipates a “hybrid approach post-pandemic” said Larter.
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Future working practices. There is no one-size-fits-all model for governments to adopt when it comes to hybrid working. Malta’s government, for example, is adopting a blanket remote working model for the whole of its civil service. The government will soon launch a remote working policy that will enable employees to work “from anywhere at ...
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‘Hybrid’ working has benefits for employers as well as staff – cutting property costs, for example, and broadening the talent pool by permitting the recruitment of people based well away from offices. It can also support diversity and inclusion, allowing people to fit jobs around their disabilities, lifestyles or caring responsibilities.
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The proportion of those working remotely full time is slightly higher among female workers than male employees. Those who manage staff are also less likely to work remotely full time – only 13% if managers work remotely full time. 5% of public servants are unable to carry out their role remotely; however fewer Leaders and Managers report that ...
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Hybrid working and women: The session looked at the topic from a range of angles but was held in partnership with the Global Government Women’s Network. Research last year from consultancy Public First found that hybrid working has encouraged large numbers of professional women to move to full-time work. Separate research in February from the ...
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Hybrid working – in which most employees split their working hours between home and office – is widely seen as the most likely outcome. This changed set of working practices presents a new set of challenges and opportunities for all those working to address discrimination and improve equity within civil services.
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All three speakers agreed that talent attraction is a major benefit, particularly for public service organisations that increasingly espouse the importance of reflecting the diversity of the communities they serve. Hybrid working poses unique challenges and opportunities, including for women specifically, said Natasha Jamal, director of ...
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The new hybrid work model has forced employers to think multi-dimensionally about fairness, diversity, and inclusion. And public sector organisations now have a big opportunity to show the way. The widespread shift to remote work in 2020 came with a host of theories about the future of management, teambuilding, recognition and reward.
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