Work Driven By Flexibility

The world of work has constantly evolved. The search for the right caliber of people is unending as much as the yard stick for measuring productivity expands. Consequently, front-liners in organisations keep seeking for the right strategy that will guarantee return on investment, yet the dynamic nature of people makes the process rigorous and daunting most of the time. 

However, I have come to realize that a flexible work environment has positive effect on team members. A work environment that gives you  the freedom to deploy your ideas, experience autonomy, and author processes indirectly communicates belief in your ability to expend the right discretionary behaviour that contributes to the business bottom-line. Feedback from team members reveal that one of the strongest indices that trigger employee engagement is the flexible work atmosphere that accepts your originality as a value that enriches the corporate culture.  In other words, the direction and scope of work in the 21st century is to trust team members to expend the right discretion by championing autonomy coupled with the right atmosphere that accepts your originality.