{"id":32867,"date":"2021-08-11T07:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T11:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/?p=32867"},"modified":"2023-09-01T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:55:35","slug":"the-office-needs-to-become-hybrid-friendly-4-tips-for-getting-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centricconsulting.com\/blog\/the-office-needs-to-become-hybrid-friendly-4-tips-for-getting-started\/","title":{"rendered":"The Office Needs To Become Hybrid-Friendly: 4 Tips For Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"
After compensation, the No. 1 thing employees care about in 2021 is flexibility. This comes from a global study of workers by The Future Forum<\/a>, a Slack consortium, which found that overwhelmingly, knowledge workers want flexibility in their schedule (93 percent) and where they work (76 percent).<\/p>\n For most companies, the office will be key to achieving that balance. But not the office of yesteryear. As companies hammer out their hybrid workplace strategy<\/a>, they\u2019re rethinking the role of the office<\/a>, envisioning a new model for how it energizes workers and reinforces culture.<\/p>\n \u201cNo one wants the office to go back to how it was pre-COVID,\u201d says Ira Sharfin, CEO of Continental Office, a commercial design and workplace solutions firm. \u201cPeople want choices in where and how they work. They want to use the office for collaboration, socialization, mentorship and inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n This insight comes not only from Sharfin\u2019s work with clients but also from a recent Continental Office survey<\/a>, which found that while 85 percent of employees want the choice of remote work, 76 percent also want the office to remain a part of their work experience.<\/p>\n Sharfin offers the following tips for reinventing the office for 2021 and beyond.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n