Richard Nissen, the founder of The Virtual Office, is also a guest lecturer at Cass Business School. For the past 10 years he has been championing the value of virtual working including the cost benefit to employers when they are not housing staff everyday in physical office space.
However the emphasis is not the cost savings but the terminology used to define the working style.
The 22 bosses argue that while 96% of companies assessed were already offering some degree of "flexible working" the term has gained a bad reputation for being "a benefit for employees and a cost for employers". They add: "This runs contrary to our experience: if implemented successfully by business leaders, workforce agility can offer sustainable business performance and engaged employees."
The aim of this research was to ascertain whether "a business case could be made" for less structured
working patterns. According to Sir Win Bischoff, leader of the Agile Future Forum it can. "There is evidence of cost savings on
one hand and revenue enhancements on the other."
It is hoped that this report will raise awareness of the economic benefits of agile working.
The Agile Future Forum has also devised a specific assessment tool to help companies test and measure the value of new practises and will run seminars and workshops to help small, medium and large companies overhaul working practices.
Further reading is available at
http://www.agilefutureforum.co.uk/
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/
The report's stats:
- benefits equivalent to 3% to 13% of workforce costs, with potential to increase that by a further 3% to 7%
- some instances, sales uplift to 11%
- Accountancy giant KPMG saved £4.7m during the recession by offering flexible working hours to staff rather than making redundancies
- Law firm Eversheds, said 28pc of staff reported increased productivity when they gave staff freedom over their working models.
It is hoped that this report will raise awareness of the economic benefits of agile working.
The Agile Future Forum has also devised a specific assessment tool to help companies test and measure the value of new practises and will run seminars and workshops to help small, medium and large companies overhaul working practices.
Further reading is available at
http://www.agilefutureforum.co.uk/
http://www.natcen.ac.uk/
The report's stats:
- benefits equivalent to 3% to 13% of workforce costs, with potential to increase that by a further 3% to 7%
- some instances, sales uplift to 11%
- Accountancy giant KPMG saved £4.7m during the recession by offering flexible working hours to staff rather than making redundancies
- Law firm Eversheds, said 28pc of staff reported increased productivity when they gave staff freedom over their working models.
You can find dedicated best office space with virtual offices that provides such benefits. These are useful in providing a professional environment that is cost effective.
ReplyDeleteI love this post. I love having flexibility in the workplace and I do believe it cuts down on costs for employers.I think it works better this way because employees are more energized and eager to work, therefore increasing productivity which in turn seems to bring in more profits. I myself have noticed this positive trend with my serviced offices in Sutherland Shire.
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