Organizations need to look below the surface if they want flexible working policies to be a driver of inclusion and employee satisfactionYoung asian business woman working remotely at home. GettyWell before the recent pandemic forced flexible working on many organizations, it was being embraced as a good thing by employers and employees alike. In 2019 LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends report, a survey of 5,000 talent acquisition and HR professionals, work flexibility was cited by 72% of talent professionals as a key HR and recruitment trend while 36% of women and 29% of men said flexibility really matters when they make job decisions. For individuals, flexible working practices offer to create work-life balance – or integration – the freedom to fit our work commitments in and around our other life priorities – family, hobbies, travel. “There are some very powerful, internalized beliefs many of us have about work that make it so much harder for people to embrace flexible work practices fully.

Source: Forbes June 28, 2020 10:52 UTC