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Regular communication with employees is
essential, not only in the traditional model but
especially in hybrid working. It is essential that
you have regular conversations and
consultations with your team so that you
know in real time what their wellbeing is or
simply what is going on with them.
Activity 1: Let your team plan their day with a
day planner.
For this activity we need some sheets and pens.
The activity is for each team member to plan
their day. 5.2 How to find out what tasks and
activities are best executed online or
Ask participants to plan their day by dividing it
into three main activities offline
5.2.1 Conceptual Framework : How to find out
● work what tasks and activities are best executed
online or offline
● free time
The concept of work-life balance was known
● sleep back in the days of the traditional office-based
work model. When the pandemic caused this
First, participants agree on a time frame for formula to change and hybrid working became
remote work, e.g. from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., then popular, the concept of work-life balance took
write down the tasks they want to do, starting on a new dimension.
with the most important and finishing with
the less important ones. Hybrid working arrangements require you as a
leader to be more intentional. It is important
Next, they set times for free time, e.g. from 5
that you are able to create a culture of
to 10 p.m. Here they should write down
activities for themselves and activities related collaboration and trust among your team
to family or friends. members. You should not be organising your
employees' time, but setting common goals.
The last part is to plan a time for sleep, e.g. To do this you need to emphasise precision and
from 11 pm to 6 am.
detail. A common mistake is to adapt practices
The main objective of this activity is to show that have worked well in the office to a remote
employees how they can plan their day to working environment. However, this is not a
maintain an online/offline balance. sustainable solution. The new challenges that
have come with hybrid working require new
Tip! You can print out and use the table below to solutions. Some activities or tasks are better
make it more clear.
suited to be performed in an online
environment, while others are the opposite.
Day Planner.xlsx
The potential of remote working depends on
the combination of activities that are
undertaken in each job and their physical,
interpersonal context. The first task for a
leader is to assess the extent to which a task
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