Why 40% of Australian employers are no longer requiring their people to come into the office at all

According to the Australian HR Institute (AHRI), 40% of Australian employers are no longer requiring their people to come into the office at all.

The irony is that they will probably see more people back in the office than they did if/when they had previously required people to spend a certain number of days on site.

Two basic needs are at play here. The need for agency, control, and choice – and the need to connect.

When you require people to do anything today, the need for the first takes over because we’ve been deprived of so much control and choice over the last few years. Our people will resist many directives today as a result.

But when you give them the ability to decide, the need for the second – to connect – takes over. People will come willingly into the office.

And leaders will be left shaking their heads.

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Ignite Global helps future-focused organizations build and retain the workforce they need to thrive in the Decade of Disruption. We will help you break through old-school paradigms to understand and embrace the Future (Now) of Work. In 2009 CEO and founder Kim Seeling Smith started Ignite Global after deciding that instead of being paid to put bums in seats (working as a recruiter for the 15 years prior to that) she wanted to help organizations keep the right bums in the right seats (recognizing that this starts with hiring the right people).