Reflective of strong international trends,
flexibility has now overtaken salary bonuses as the top incentive for
workers in Australia (Michael Page, 2007). So it is little wonder that
work/life integration has become one of the most topical, high-impact
diversity issues in workplaces today. In fact, with a combination of
rapidly ageing workforces, as well as steep increases in workers with
carer responsibilities, it has become imperative for organisations to
embrace flexibility now in order to remain competitive in the future.
So, what is the best practice approach to
embedding a workplace culture supportive of flexible working
arrangements?
Diversity Consulting offers a comprehensive suite
of products and services to your organisation, informed by local and
global best practices, to ensure flexible working is implemented
effectively. Each service offering can be used as a stand-alone
initiative or the entire package can be implemented as a blended
solution to embed flexibility from the ground up; depending on your
progress on the flexibility journey.
The Flexibility Audit
This 5-10 minute online pulse-check has been
designed to provide key insights into the current and future demand for
flexibility in your organisation; the degree of support which exists
for flexible working arrangements; and the obstacles that stand in the
way of its effective implementation.
Click here to read
more about this service.
Diversity Talks:
Flexing Our Workforce
Diversity Talks is an innovative and powerful way
to engage your workforce in considering the importance of diversity and
inclusion. Using multimedia technology, Diversity Talks online programs
(max 20 min) are fully narrated and interactive; incorporating
compelling facts, good humour, eye-catching visuals and a down-to-earth
tone to help embed an inclusive culture.
Focused entirely on issues of flexible working,
the Diversity Talks on flexibility (Flexing Our Workforce:
Stretching Towards Successful Work/Life Integration)
leverages extensive research and global expertise to: clarify where the
demand for flexibility is coming from, state the business case for
flexibility, challenge the perceived barriers to flexible working, and
highlight the inevitability of more flexible workforces in the future.
Furthermore, the incorporation of data, policy, resources and insights
from your own organisation help to illustrate and contextualise the key
messages required to engage your workforce in embracing flexible
working arrangements.
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more about Diversity Talks.
Flexibility Training
Workshops
Using the Diversity Challenge, our premier
training and auditing tool, flexibility workshops are conducted to
bridge the gap between flexibility policy and practice in your
organisation. These workshops are designed to build the knowledge,
confidence and skills of management and employees to support, plan for
and successfully execute flexible working arrangements.
The Diversity Challenge methodology is highly
interactive; encouraging debate, discussion and active problem-solving.
The Challenge workshops also utilise audience response clickers (that
allow participants to respond anonymously to challenging key questions
and see the resulting group trends immediately), compelling case
studies, as well as handouts and take-away tools to effectively engage
participants and equip them with the ‘how-to’ skills.
To find out more about the Diversity Challenge,
please click
here.
Flexibility Toolkit
This succinct, quick-reference guide to
flexibility best practice is a valuable and ongoing resource for
managers of flexible workers and those employees seeking flexibility.
The toolkit provides a simple flexibility ‘how-to’
for management and employees and can be embedded into the Diversity
Talks product (as outlined above), the Diversity Challenge workshops or
accessed as a stand-alone resource.
Please contact us for
more information on this or any other product.
