Creating A Collaborative Environment For Employee Well-Being

Statistics support the theory that a happy organisation is a productive one – and that those with the right technologies in place will ultimately benefit by helping employees remain engaged. How organisations are maintaining a happy workplace amid the pandemic is a lesson to learn for the long run

- Craig goldblatt

The evolving postpandemic work landscape will play a big role in shaping employee expectations, with flexibility as a core consideration. As stated by Hays in their Annual Salary Survey, well over 70 percent of employees will request some element of remote work in their next contract. The 2021 Globalization Partners Global Employee Survey supports this further with findings that indicate that 48 percent of employees feel happier about work since working remotely.

It is therefore incumbent upon companies to lead the way on this, and begin to consider ways to provide an effective but ultimately flexible working arrangement for employees. Again, technology will be at the centre of this evolution, paving the way for employees to experience a seamless transition from office environment to home or remote work. All systems and applications must be universally applied, available, and delivered to employees in a fast, secure fashion.

This hybrid model will offer employees more time to engage with family and ‘home-life’ in general, with less time spent commuting. While this is of great benefit to balancing out the work/ life equation, there does need to be a subsequent adjustment made on the employer side, as less facetime during standard work hours does equate to fewer networking interactions among employees, less team bonding and potentially less time spent on peripheral work discussions. New modes of work also require an evaluation of leadership techniques, moving to a more asynchronous model while maintaining accountability.

Start with onboarding