GUIDES

The Top Two Challenges of Managing a Hybrid Workforce

About this Guide

Hybrid working is here to stay – and it presents special challenges that are the focus of this guide.

While some organizations are planning for a full return to the office, many companies are adapting their office spaces and policies to embrace more flexibility. This blends home and office work to give people the best of both worlds and a better employee experience.

But this flexibility will not be easily managed, with two areas demanding particular attention and this guide explores both:

What leaders need to do to address the employee communications difficulties of reaching and engaging a dispersed workforce; and
The office space management challenges they face with hybrid working.

Author

Christine Kendall

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