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How To Stop Micromanaging and Start Trusting Your Staff

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In line with other forms of harassment, micromanagement is often about control and the fear of losing status in the workplace. Micromanagement can have many damaging consequences, including a toxic working environment. It’s distressingly pervasive in workplaces — 59% of employees report that they have experienced it.

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U.K. Sees Surge in Flexible Work Models, 72% of Employers on Board

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The rising demand for flexible work environments is driving changes in workplace culture in the U.K. The January 2024 Flex Report: U.K. employers, or 72%, offer some form of work location flexibility for their corporate employees. It reveals that the majority of U.K. employing around 3 million people in the country.

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Biophilic office design has a clear business case, report claims

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A new report, Reap What You Sow: Valuing Workplaces that Grow Good Ideas from PLP Labs sets out to explain the process of measuring and monetising the wellbeing and environmental value of biophilic office design. The report argues that in corporate real estate, the environment impacts the bottom line.

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Is the Home Office Era Fading into a Hybrid Horizon?

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What’s going on: More business leaders and companies are updating work environment policies to encourage employees to return to office work, typically in the form of hybrid work. The number of desk bookings is also reported to have experienced an uptick. This sentiment can actually be backed up by data.

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AI Is Transforming The Future Of Smart Buildings

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There are many areas where AI can be deployed in the workplace, from sensors and analytics to automation, communication and reporting. In the built environment, these tools are helpful only to the extent the building, systems and corporate policies allow them to be.

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Small and Midsize Businesses More Likely to Adopt 4-Day Work Week

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What’s going on: Small businesses are most likely leading the charge in adopting 4-day work weeks, according to a report by LinkedIn. Why it matters: Remote and hybrid work environments are becoming increasingly prevalent in the post-pandemic economy.

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Smaller Companies, Bigger Flex

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companies are entering 2024 with flexible and hybrid work arrangements. According to the latest Flex Report published by Flex Index , one-third of U.S. This trend has remained consistent since the Q3 2023 report and recorded a slight increase since the beginning of the year. The majority of U.S.

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