8 Modern Workplace MOBILITY Management Tips for SMBs

Modern workplace has changed in ways we never envisioned before. Today, it’s okay to work in your pyjamas and more than okay to work from anywhere you want — be it your local coffee shop, or a beach in Bali, or simply from the comfort of your home. Office is no longer within four walls, it’s where you are! Work-forces across world, including here in Australia, are willing to kick their 9-to-5 jobs to the curb and warming up to the whole new way of “anytime, anywhere” work.

Mobile technology is one of the biggest forces driving these changes and it has — and continues to — revolutionise the workplace environment by supporting new concepts like BYOD, remote working, and virtual workplace. With the nature of workplace transforming across industries at such a rapid pace, organisations need to change the way they operate and manage their workforce.

Change is Here and There’s No Way to Escape it!

Mobility is affecting companies and workplaces in a number of ways, which also includes recruitment and retention of talent. Employees are demanding greater workplace flexibility to stay productive and to achieve a decent work-life balance. To recruit and retain top talents, more employers are willing to prioritise workplace mobility.

I have been personally practicing this concept for more than 5 years and if you ask me from my personal experience, mobility is a big part of (and even enabler of) the digital culture SMBs need to — but are failing to — adopt. Therefore, if you still think you can get away by sticking to conventional hierarchies and workplace regulations while running your SMB, think again! For SMBs, the ability to attract and nurture a steady talent pool can have far-reaching ramifications on the entire organisation.

A study from last year shows that 84% of organisations in Australia, like my company solomoIT have some staff who regularly perform their job outside a remote location. With Australian businesses becoming more global, distributed teams — perfect for conducting customer service across time-zones and in many languages — are soon going to become a norm. A case in point is Envato, a Melbourne-based startup that introduced a work-from-anywhere policy, not only to support its growing global foothold but also to compete with foreign companies for the best Australian talents.

Whether you like it or not, mobility is a race you’ll either enter willingly or will be forced to enter eventually. Is your SMB prepared for the change?

So, in my normal style, let me use the word ‘MOBILITY’ as an acronym to discuss eight ways SMBs can reap the benefits of workplace mobility trends.

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