Today’s Flexible Workforce

Today’s flexible workforce can offer a tremendous upside, but reaping its potential rewards requires a combination of shifts in technology and culture. Here’s how to implement those changes and get the payoff the anywhere worker offers.  The concept of the “anywhere office” fits into the growing trend of the flexible workforce and the idea of work being a thing you do, not a place you go. “For small and medium-sized business owners, the flexible workforce can offer a tremendous upside, including access to a larger talent pool, ability to attract those requiring flexibility, increased efficiency by removing commutes, reduction in overhead costs of bricks-and-mortar, and an overall increase in productivity,” says Nancy Martini, president and CEO of PI Worldwide, a provider of human resources solutions.

Read more: Getting Results from the Flexible Workforce, by Michael McDermott, Inc.