The ✅ REAL ✅ #4DayWeek model is the 100:80:100™️ framework. You know the ‘what’, let us show you the ‘how’ so you can give your employees what they want! Get in touch for professional consulting advice on how to test, trial and transition! #4DayWeek #fourdayworkweek

It is Friday. And I am at work... are you? An interesting perspective below from Amantha Imber on her experience with the four day work week. I wonder how everyone is feeling in Sharjah since the implementation of a 4 day work week and those doing a half day today in Dubai? When I was much younger, I was very proud of my "work ethic". I recall vividly the day I arrived at the office only to discover the parking was closed, I was so confused until I realised it didn't open until 6am. Which begs the question, what was I doing at work before 6am?!? In my head, longer hours = harder work = more success. My attitude changed when I had children. I was determined not to be "one of those" parents who was dashing out the door at 5pm. Until I was forced into being one through sheer necessity of survival. But a funny thing happened. I got focused. I prioritised. When I was at work, I worked. And low and behold, somehow not only did I get all the work done in a much shorter time...I was finding I could get MORE work done. The math just doesn't add up. Longer hours do not equal more work. Infact, less hours can create more work and is most likely to produce higher quality work. But it can be hard to get your head around this concept and you do have to be disciplined. It is hard not to get caught up in the whirlwind of busy work. I often have to force myself to "down tools" at the end of a day and push out the door. I know once I get home and spend time with the family, get myself to Padel or on the bike, I'll be feeling much more revived and onto it. Even if I don't have a four day work week...yet 😅

What correlates most with high employee wellbeing in organizations? Psychological safety! Psychological safety is being able to speak your mind without fearing the consequences. What improves psychological safety the most? Socializing in/outside of work! The good thing is - it doesn't have to be onsite; it can also be through challenges/online events! I LOVE this data taken from Wellbees - now benchmarking 250K employees around the world every single day ✨ https://lnkd.in/d5TXZEfp

Workers want a #4DayWeek. Of those workers 89% are willing to make BIG sacrifices for it ⬇️ 54% are willing to work longer hours ⌛ 27% are willing to come to their office or job location 🏢 37% are willing to change jobs or industries - that's HUGE, arguably a different career path 🔄💼 In this economic environment, people are looking for relief. An extra day off offers freedom. Freedom to rest, spend more time on a hobby, or with family 😊 Not to mention, it's a great way to attract and retain talent ⭐️ We at 4 Day Week - Global advocate for the 100-80-100™ model – that's 100% of the pay, 80% of the time, but critically in exchange for 100% of the productivity. We have helped hundreds of companies make the switch and are on a mission to create a million years of new free time ✨ If you're interested in learning how you can introduce a #4DayWeek at your organization, attend our upcoming info session this August 28th, at 5pm EST. Sign up for free 🎟: https://lnkd.in/dqxDUDX5

4 Day Week Global We have already seen some valuable insights about having a 4-day work week, and as I mentioned, my fascination with this concept and my willingness to agree and swallow something hook, line, and sinker with the stats reported by 4 Day Week Global are: § 39% of employees reported being less stressed § 71% noted lower levels of burnout § The number of staff leaving companies dropped by a whopping 57% According to the CNBC report: There has been a huge increase in people willing to work longer, which now stands at 54%. 27% Employees are equally happy to transit to their job location In fact, 37% of employees are willing to move out of their job or even the industry to pursue a 4 day week. Again, my point of incongruity is about industry-specific statistics: How many schools and higher education institutions have taken this route? If they did, what strategy would they adopt? How many service industries have adopted a four-day week? (Hospitality and Hospital Industry) What about the steel and iron industries, where production is a rolling and continuous process? I would love to have data that flags up and validates a 4-day week globally when it comes to these sectors.

You know those moments at work when you randomly strike up a conversation with a colleague? We like to call those "casual collisions." Those impromptu interactions can lead to meaningful connections in the workplace. But are we making the most of these spontaneous encounters? We think there's untapped potential. This is where skills-based volunteering programming steps in to unite individuals across a company's business units to ignite innovation and collaboration. Check out our latest blog, where we dig into the transformative impact of purpose-driven interactions. #EmployeeEngagement #SkilledVolunteering #CorporateCulture #CorporateSocialResponsibility https://lnkd.in/gmtbVf8U

Day 2 of the Nonprofit Technology Conference: attended a super interesting session on the concept of a 4-day work week. A shockingly high 42% (!) of employees are burned out in this day and age. The presenters pointed out that being at work is not the same as getting meaningful work done -- a statement that resonated with so many of us in the audience. A 4-day work week can play a much-needed role in reducing stress and burnout, thereby stimulating more creativity from employees who go on to spearhead more impactful projects. The goal is to create a society based on care, instead of economic growth -- providing enough time to care for ourselves, to care for our children, to care for our elderly relatives, and to care for our clients and our work. #24ntc WorkFour — The National Campaign for the 4-Day Workweek Mixte Communications

Four-day workweeks were hot in 2023. What was once a novelty idea, became almost fashionably mainstream post-pandemic when the working world was turned on its head. Once the traditional 40-hour work week, spent in the office, eroded during the years of peak Covid-19, it led many to question the validity and need for a five-day week, at a time when employee #mentalhealth and well-being had become so worryingly low. Four-day #workweek experiments began to pop up everywhere, with non-profit 4 Day Week - Global leading the charge of many of them. Dozens of companies led six-month trials across the U.S. U.K., Australia and many have kept the model, for now. #fourdayworkweek #4dayworkweek In this piece by Hailey Mensik, we speak to Leeann Leahy, and Geoff Silverstein of Friendly Design Co.

Given remote/hybrid work these days, it's hard to expect casual collisions between colleagues will ensure meaningful advancement of our relationships with each other. Common Impact believes it's time to consider conscious connections - engagements that are thoughtful and intentionally planned with the purpose of deepening relationships and fostering innovation. Through skills-based volunteering, Common Impact drives purpose-driven engagements that are intentionally and thoughtfully curated to deepen relationships, encourage collaboration and deliver far greater results for teams and companies.  #SkillsBasedVolunteering #ConsciousConnections

Why the Four-Day Working Week Just Might Happen Back when the industrial revolution first started Sunday was the only day off, given over to worship and contemplation. It wasn’t until 1908 that companies first began enacting a five-day work week, and only the great depression made it the standard. Now decades later we are finally contemplating turning another workday into an even longer weekend, in fact it has been trialled in a number of places around the world. The results have been an unexpected phenomenon. Here is why the four-day work week is getting closer to reality. READ MORE https://buff.ly/3EVzWjr