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Common concerns and how to deal with them
It is common and understandable for managers to have some concerns about implementing flexible work options, especially if this is their first experience with it.
Here are the common concerns managers usually raise and when you have chosen the link you will find common-senese solutions for dealing with them…
- Won’t flexibility have a negative impact on productivity?
- Are flexible work practices viable options in the retail sector?
- Some flexibility options are not possible because they conflict with customer needs.
- Some people will abuse flexibility.
- Implementing greater flexibility could mean more work for me.
- Some employees express concerns about a lack of consistency in making decisions about flexibility requests from different staff.
- You can’t really manage the performance of some flexible work practices, like working from home and job-sharing.
- The team won't accept a manager working flexibly