Advance Workplace Associates initiative, The Advanced Workplace Institute (AWI), part of Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA), has released a set of tools to help organisations manage dispersed workforces in response to advice from the UK government for employees to work from home.
The government of the United Kingdom has reported more than 1,500 coronavirus cases and 55 deaths from the disease.
Notwithstanding, the actual number of cases is estimated to be between 35,000 and 50,000, which makes it even more imperative for employers to follow the government's most recent advice for everyone to avoid unnecessary social contact and to work from home wherever possible.
Working from home can present many challenges and the following points may help employees, as well as their employers, adjust to their new working environment.
10 things to do differently
Andrew Mawson, Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) founder, advises:
"There is a lot we take for granted when we're in the office.
When we're working away, we need to consciously develop new leadership and workership practices.
"Once the ‘honeymoon period’ of home working is over, teams and leaders will need to develop new practices, acquire new skills and make new agreements with family and people they share their homes with in order to remain productive and focused during this challenging time.
Organisations should see this time as an opportunity to upskill their workforces to be effective working away.
The world of work is never going to be the same again."
AWI is running a FREE online session which will take place on 26 March 2020 at 4pm GMT. To register, visit: https://www.advanced-workplace.com/awa/services/advanced-workplace-institute/events/shifting-office-based-populations-to-home-working-effectively/.
To download AWI’s guide to ‘MANAGING THE AGILE WORKFORCE’, please visit: https://www.advanced-workplace.com/awa/services/advanced-workplace-institute/working-away/.
