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CHAPTER 6: PREPARING TO WORK
REMOTELY
If you and your team are about to move to flexible working,
this chapter will help you prepare by providing practical
advice. It should be read in conjunction with the next
chapter around managing change.
Anticipating the future
Imagine you and your team are moving in the next six
months from a centralised location to serviced offices
where you will be hot-desking. The ratio of desks to people
is one to two, so some people on the team are taking
advantage of the move to work flexibly and will not be in
the office every day of the week.
It is helpful to prepare everyone for the move by sitting
down as a team to discuss deliverables, the benefits
anticipated from flexible working, the implicatio ...