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Flexible Work Design
Flexible work of the future means designing work at a team and organisation level that permits flexibility.
Resources
The Future of Work Institute has collated a set of resources which present the most relevant and insightful research from academics and other organisations working on issues relevant to creating a thriving workplace. The Institute has also authored a number of guides.
Search our resources to help your workplace thrive.
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Workplace flexibility
Implement flexible working arrangements for leaders and employees to maximise the opportunities and benefits that flexibility brings.
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Lifelong Learning
Continuous, lifelong learning will future proof the workforce and help people retain relevancy in the future world of work.
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Diversity spotlight – cultural diversity
A ‘how to’ guide to workplace cultural diversity, designed to help employers make the most of a culturally diverse workforce.
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Promoting physical health
The Healthy workers initiative provides guidance on five key aspects of good health at work- Eat Well, Move More, maintain a Healthy Weight, be Smoke-free and reduce consumption of Alcohol.
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Fatigue management
Understand the factors that contribute to workplace fatigue and their interaction with the way work is designed, including how these can be improved to address and reduce the risk of fatigue.
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High Quality Connections
Connections formed in the workplace, by virtue of the amount of time spent there, help to accomplish the work of organisations and help individuals to Thrive.
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Removing barriers to support
Information on workplace support programs to assist people experiencing mental health concerns should be promoted, leaders aware how to use them and employees able to access them.
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Diversity and Inclusion
Inclusion is a critical component of workplace diversity strategies in the future world of work.
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Enabling community Engagement
The opportunity to contribute to the community through work leads to work being experienced as a more meaningful endeavor.
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Strengths-Based Development
Strategies that allow employees to use their natural talents to become strengths have the potential to greatly improve productivity.
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Employee Assistance Programs
Employee assistance programs can provide external psychological assistance to your employees for work and non-work issues.
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Employee mental health education
Employees’ ability to recognise and assist with mental health conditions (both their own and their peers’) can be improved by mental health training and education.
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Leader mental health education
People leaders in a workplace need to understand their pivotal role in looking out for their team’s wellbeing – training can help them to do this.
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Monitoring mental health
It’s important to keep mental health topics at the forefront and regularly refresh employee knowledge and skills in raising mental health issues.
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Stigma reduction
For any stigma to be reduced requires continual discussion. Workplaces play a key role in reducing the stigma around mental health.
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Stress management for leaders
Work-related stress is a leading cause of work-related mental ill health, and there are both individual and organisational factors that can prevent and reduce it.