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Workers feel more trusted and

motivated thanks to hybrid working

New research from Kadence has revealed that
after a year of flexible working, almost two-
thirds of US and UK office workers (62%) now
feel more trusted to do their job effectively. Of
those workers, half also feel more motivated
to do a better quality job (51%) and go the
extra mile (48%) thanks to their new working
arrangements.

Data from future of work specialist Kadence
suggests employees are working more
productively and efficiently thanks to the
greater flexibility of time and place they’ve
experienced outside of the traditional office.
More than six in 10 workers said they feel an
increased sense of trust because they’re not
micromanaged as much as before the pandemic meeting spaces easily was also a priority (40%).
(64%) and are more free to do their work in a Dan Bladen, CEO and founder of Kadence
time that suits them best (63%). comments: “It’s clear that a culture of trust is

As workers embrace hybrid and flexible needed for businesses and individuals to thrive
approaches to work, businesses need to support as we shift to hybrid ways of working. Employers
their staff to foster an appropriate work-life must move beyond physical location and shape
balance. Of the 2,000 workers surveyed, close the future of work with employee experience in
to three-quarters (74%) reported an increase mind, ensuring it’s easy to coordinate remote
in their use of online communication tools, not and in-person time and that staff have resources
only during their contracted working hours but tailored to their needs.
outside of them too (71%). “As offices open up, business owners should

31% have found that the prolonged use of these pay attention to the evolving needs and
tools leaves them with less desire to socialise behaviours of their employees to understand
with friends and family after work, and makes it how individuals prefer to work and where they
harder to communicate in real life. flourish, so they can create a supportive hybrid
environment. This also means encouraging a
True hybrid working, which strikes the right balance, where employees work productively
balance between remote and face-to-face time, but also know when to stop, to prevent burnout.
could help to retain the productivity benefits
of being at home, while tackling the habits that “The pandemic proved that it’s possible for
lead to burnout, like the overuse of technology. workers to be productive anywhere. Now it’s
In fact, over half of workers said they would up to businesses to design work around their
prefer face-to-face meetings at least once a people, maintaining the flexibility they’ve
week (51%), and would rather have them in the become accustomed to, and enabling them to
office (52%). Having the tools to find and book get the best work done, wherever they choose.”

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