This week’s task is your last step in developing your new, improved team way of working. In this activity, you will build your team’s implementation and monitoring plan, which outlines the practical steps that need to be taken as a team, and perhaps as individuals to make it work.

Questions to consider:

  • Is there any hardware or software needed?
  • Is any training required?
  • How are we going to check if this is working? We suggest a regular short survey at inception (baseline) and then quarterly. Check also in team meetings (perhaps quarterly) and in 1:1s for more qualitative feedback or conversations that are harder to have publicly (e.g. one team member raising a challenge with another’s arrangements).
  • Are there any stakeholders you need to consult, or permissions to obtain at senior levels?
  • Have you advised other teams or clients you work with of any new arrangements that may affect them and the way you work together?
  • Does everyone have updated performance plans aligned to the outcomes defined? Are there any other HR forms to complete or checks to undertake?-And a final check: is everyone clear on what is expected of them?

This week's activities

1: Watch video (2 mins) Watch this video to hear from Catherine Coghlan about what to expect from this week's lesson.

2: Complete activity 6 (10 mins) Complete activity 6, to make your implementation and monitoring plan. If you're completing this with your team, you can all fill it out together. If you're completing the boot camp individually, you can discuss your proposed plan with your manager or with a colleague. You can print the PDF, or write your answers down.

3: Compare your answers (10 mins) Compare your responses with this example for reference.

4: Review this survey (10 mins) You can use this survey to help monitor the implementation of your new flexible working plan (or you can adapt it to fit your own team or organisation).

5: Additional resources You can check out these supporting tools and resources, as you continue on your flexible working journey. Good luck!

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