Team Training: Understanding and Applying the Hybrid-Workplace Model

Overview

Public sector organisations are continuously at the forefront of innovative working and delivering services.

Now is the time to start planning for future ways of working and decide what method of working best suits your organisation, even during these uncertain times.

This Understanding and Applying the Hybrid-Workplace Model course can be specifically designed to help your organisation to take a more dynamic approach to workforce planning.

Run this course for your teams In-House to gain a quick overview of what has changed and stayed the same since Covid; learn how the hybrid-workforce can be applied at your organisation; develop a more cohesive and collaborative workforce; consider technology issues and leave with an action plan to help you decide what approach works best for your workforce.

Run this Course In-House

Learning Outcomes

Plan and prepare your staff for the new ways of working
Understand the hybrid-workplace approach
Develop a more cohesive and collaborative workforce
Learn how technology can be used
Take back an approach to working which works best for you

All the Understanding ModernGov courses are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certified, with signed certificates available upon request for event.

Enquire About In-House Training

To speak to someone about a bespoke training programme, please contact us:

0800 542 9414
[email protected]

Agenda

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09:25 - 09:30

Registration

09:45 - 10:00

Trainer’s Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives

10:00 - 10:45

Covid and Public Sector Working: What’s Changed and What Has Stayed the Same?

Benchmark how successfully your organisation has adapted against other public sector organisations
Understand what the research says on the impact of COVID-19 on how we work
Assess what has worked and not worked for you

10:45 - 11:00

Break

11:00 - 12:00

The Hybrid-Workplace: Office Based and/or Remote Working

Assess the cost behind office based and remote working staff
Weigh up the pros and cons of an office-based vs remote workforce
Staff planning – assess the number of staff that need to be office based and the amount that can work remotely
Building trust with your staff in a hybrid setting
Learn how to transition staff between an office and remote working environment
Overcome obstacles to flexible and office-based working
Learn how to adapt to the hybrid workplace

12:00 - 13:00

Cohesive and Collaborative Working

Examine examples from across the private and public sector on innovative ways of working: interesting use of office space, improving morale and better connecting members of staff with each other
Align new working patterns with your organisation’s objectives
Foster greater team cohesion, between onsite and off-site staff
Take into account diversity and inclusion issues
Gain techniques to manage staff’s expectations around the new ways of working

13:00 - 13:45

Lunch

13:45 - 14:00

Reflection Session

The trainer will review the day’s learning and the next stages of the course
Delegates will have time to ask questions and share views with one another

14:00 - 14:45

Innovative Use of Technology

Gain an overview on what technology can be used to improve your efficiency
Assess what platform works best for your organisation
Take into account security, privacy and cost issues

14:45 - 15:00

Break

15:00 - 16:00

Workshop: Action Planning and Effective Workforce Planning

Work with the trainer and delegates to identify the best approach for you
Develop your workforce planning strategies to facilitate the hybrid model
Apply the day’s learning to determine what working arrangement works best for you
Review what you have learnt from this period and how it can support you in the future
Align your organisation with the hybrid model
Learn how to manage staff who will be in the office and working remotely
Review the hybrid workplace model and how best it relates to your organisation