Business Reporter BrandVoice: Future Of Work: The Workforce Of 2021

Business Reporter BrandVoice: Future Of Work: The Workforce Of 2021

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How can your team thrive 10x better in the new hybrid workplace? Cisco offers some meaningful insights.

The global pandemic has dramatically changed how we work and how we feel about going back to our offices. Working from home may have been an adjustment at the start of the lockdown, but according to Cisco's Workforce of the Future survey (conducted with 10,000 respondents across 12 markets in Europe, the Middle East and Russia), employees want to keep hold of the many positives that have emerged in our new way of working.

Increased autonomy (63 per cent) and working well as a dispersed team (66 per cent) are two main benefits; in addition, 61 per cent want to keep hold of faster decision-making. Results show that employees see this as a watershed moment that challenges cultural norms around the workplace. They believe that the hybrid workplace is here, and it's here to stay.

But it's clear that there is a lot to do before employers and employees feel confident about this new hybrid work environment. And one size will not fit all: 87 per cent want greater ownership of defining how and when they use office space - enabling