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The impact of a change of working practice and associated adjustments to a revised way of doing things can have a profound impact of personnel. It is important to understand the initial perception of staff prior to the introduction of any changes, ensure that they are well informed and provided the necessary training throughout the programme and given and robust readily available mechanism for passing back feedback during the process.
In summary, there are a key set of delivered objectives and milestones which should be considered during the process of remote/flexible working adoption and careful thought should be given prior during and after implementation in order to ensure that maximum benefits are achieved.
Don Cooke is technical director of Computer Assets Ltd (http://www.computer-assets.co.uk), a company specialising in complete solutions for remote teams. The company operates this financially effective model themselves with a national team of business and technical consultants combined with both software and analytics tools. Clients include FTSE companies in the insurance, utility and local government sectors. Don regularly talks to corporate audiances on a variety of subjects, from effective marketing to business disaster recovery, and on behalf of his company on the effective use of remote and mobile technologies in today's business world. |
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