Dynamic working - great for business and colleagues

This week marks UK National Work Life Week. Dynamic working gives colleagues the opportunity to define how they work their lives. We believe that empowering our people to integrate their professional and personal lives in a way that works for them makes for a much healthier working environment.

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Flexible and dynamic working not only benefits colleagues, it also makes great business sense. Research tells us that by being a flexible employer, colleagues are more likely to be motivated, committed and have better employee relations.¹ Department for Business Innovation and Skills In addition, more money is added back into the economy through more productive use of available working hours.²

Barclays aims to foster a culture where dynamic working is recognised, appreciated and valued. This could mean reducing hours; job sharing; working from home or just having a different pattern of starting and finishing the working day. It can also support our people to commit their time to their passions and hobbies outside of work.

Barclays recognises that colleagues play many different roles in their lives. Barclays is comprised of a multigenerational workforce and allowing people to decide when, where and how they work helps to fulfil and support these roles more easily. Through modern technology, colleagues are able to log on and work remotely, meaning they do not necessarily need to be in the office each day to complete their jobs. This is important for colleagues who work on the road, enabling them to spend more time with customers and clients.

Following the introduction of a formal dynamic working campaign in 2014, reaction has been extremely positive. More than 3,000 managers have attended dynamic working training to understand the impact it has on our working culture, and in 2015, 70% of Barclays colleagues felt that their manager encouraged them to have a work life balance.

Our focus internally also extends externally to our high street branches, where we are adapting our products and services to ensure that Barclays reflects the needs of different families and people in the UK today. This is something that we are very proud of. We have been recognised externally by Mumsnet for being a Family Friendly company, by Working Mother as one of the 100 best companies' to work for in 2015 and as a Top 10 employer for working families.

_{1 Department for Business Innovation and Skills
2 Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr)}