“Discipline is the glue that holds flexible employees together.”

Gustavo Razzetti is one of our preferred authors and one of the world’s leading workplace culture thinkers. His forward-thinking ideas, tools, and books are helping leaders and teams do the best work of their lives. His purpose is to help people and organizations overcome limitations and become the best versions of themselves.

Discipline can be an essential component of managing flexible employees.

It maintains the accountability: In a flexible work environment, employees may have more freedom to set their own schedules or work from home. However, this can lead to a lack of accountability if there are no clear expectations or consequences for not meeting deadlines or quality standards. Discipline can help maintain accountability and ensure that all employees are meeting expectations.

It ensures the Consistency: When employees have more flexibility in their schedules or work environment, it can be challenging to maintain consistency in terms of work output, communication, and collaboration. Discipline can help ensure that all employees are following the same guidelines and processes, which can help maintain consistency and improve overall performance.

It fosters Professionalism: In a flexible work environment, it can be easy for employees to become lax in their work habits or communication. Discipline can help foster professionalism by ensuring that employees are adhering to the company's policies and standards.

It promotes Teamwork: In a flexible work environment, it can be challenging to maintain a sense of teamwork and collaboration. Discipline can help ensure that employees are communicating effectively, meeting deadlines, and contributing to the success of the team.

It can definitely be an important tool for managing flexible employees. By setting clear expectations, providing consistent feedback, and enforcing consequences when necessary, managers can help maintain accountability, consistency, professionalism, and teamwork in a flexible work environment.

At The Carrot Collective we only work remotely and finding the right balance between work and life is one of our main commitment, together with building a meaningful relationships among the remote teams.

How to organize a flexible but disciplined schedule that helps us working together, respecting our timezones and ways of working?

In this article, Razzetti starts to organize some insightful thoughts.

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