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Book SynopsisWall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly,andUSA TodayBestsellerUnlock the power of flexible work with this practical how-to guide from the leadership of Slack and Future Forum The way we work has changed. The era of toiling from nine-to-five, five-days-a-week in the office is now a relic of the past, and is being replaced by a better wayflexible work. But flexibility means a lot more than a day or two a week to work from home: 93% of your employees want more flexibility in when, not just where, they work. They want choice and they are leaving their roles to find it. The most successful leaders will go much further than offering occasional remote workdaysthey will redesign every aspect of how work gets done, from defining how they measure organizational success to training their managers to make it happen. How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do The Best Work of Their Lives offers a blueprint for using flexible work to unlock the potential of your people. The book offers the steps necessary to building the new principles and guardrails to empower flexible, high-performing teams. And it teaches readers to lead with purpose, to manage and measure differently, and to believe that by letting go, they'll get more back than they thought possible. How the Future Works explains how to: Establish leadership principles, commitments, and outcomes for truly flexible teamworkMeasure and assess productivity in a flexible workplaceReskill managers to ensure a level playing field for all employeesImplement the infrastructure necessary to make flexible work successful Using original research from Future Forum, a consortium by Slack, and global case studies from leading companies such as Levi Strauss & Co., Genentech, Royal Bank of Canada, and IBM, How the Future Works offers concrete solutions and practical steps for building high functioning teams of talented, engaged people by providing them with the flexibility and choice they need to do their best work.
Trade Review"The wealth of concrete steps and research to back them up, plus some punchy writing, make this shine. In a sea of surveys on the future of work, this practical guide stands out."
—Publishers Weekly
Table of ContentsForeword by Stewart Butterfield
Introduction: The 9-to-5 Just Doesn’t Work for Us Anymore (and Maybe Never Did)
Why Flexible Work Works
How the Future Works: The 7 Steps to Getting There
Step 1: Stand for Something: Agree on Purpose and Principles
Step 2: Level the Playing Field: Create Guardrails for Behavior
Step 3: Commit to How You’ll Work: Develop Team-Level Agreements
Step 4: Experiment, Experiment, Experiment: Normalize a Culture of Learning
Step 5: Create a Culture of Connection from Anywhere: Reimagine Your Headquarters
Step 6: Train Your Leaders to Make It Work: Soft Skills Matter More Than Ever
Step 7: Focus on the Outcomes: Avoid the Doom Loop and Embrace the Boom Loop
Conclusion
Resources: Your Flexible Work Toolkit
Acknowledgments
Cast of Experts
About the Authors
