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Flexible working is rapidly emerging as a great route for organizations and individuals to optimize the way they work. Flexible working covers a gamut of working arrangements right from the popular flexible working hours model that so many IT services organizations offer to their employees, to project-based arrangements which are contracted on mutually agreeable terms between a company and a professional.
Common kinds of flexible working include:
The challenges and the payoffs of each kind of arrangement are different. But across the board, flexible work options are known to improve the health and morale of employees, leading to positive effects at the workplace too. With the right amount of creativity and planning, organizations stand to gain hugely by putting in place flexible working arrangements, thereby unleashing a wave of energy and fresh talent within workplaces. And for individuals, the times ahead promise the best of both worlds, freedom along with engagement!
Kavita Neelakantan is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, who works flexibly, as a consultant with education service companies and training and development organizations. She also spends a great deal of time, discovering new worlds with her three-year-old son.
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