Be Flexible First

Actions to try

Measure with Meaning now: Looking across your organisation, determine how many employees are working flexibly. Gather data about how flexible working maps against different, diverse, groups of employees. Over time, set up the reporting process to monitor how flexible working patterns are growing and evolving.

Take the Flexible First checklist – this is a sevenminute online quiz which will guide you through the pillars of creating a Flexible First organisation and benchmark where your business is today.

Advertise every job as Flexible First. Women are more likely to apply for a role if it is set out upfront that flexibility is welcome. All employees have the right to apply for flexibility but advertising each role as flexible from the outset changes the narrative and opens up your business to a larger pool of great talent.

Forinspirationonflexibleworking,takealookat the Pablo and Publicis Media case studies see the accompanyingcasestudies. Additional case studies from Channel 4, Twitter and ITV can be found at www.wacl.info/flexiblefirst,whereyoucanalsofind the #FlexibleFirst checklist.