Today I speak with Vanessa Vanderhoek, founder of The FlexAgility Group and launched National Flexible Working Day in 2017 to celebrate and showcase how flexible working can (and does) work. During the conversation we covered many topics relating to flexible work with many practical tips and strategies.

During this episode we talk about:

• Vanessa's career journey and how she came about launching National Flexible Working Day
• Understanding your "Golden Thread" and how this led Vanessa to have a career pivot to focus on her strengths and passions
• The notion of a portfolio career
• Flexibility isn't just about having children and people seek flexible arrangements for a variety of reasons - Health & welling being, looking after older parents, caring for children, productivity and many more reasons
• The four categories of flexible work
• Survey results that show the number one people want flexible work arrangements is health & wellbeing, followed by productivity then caring for children
• Advice on the transition to flexible work and re-negotiating arrangements post covid-19
• Tips on negotiating flexible work with your manager to be a "win-win" for both employee & employer
• Examples of organisations with good policies and approach to flexible work
• Talk about what the future of work will look relating to flexible work

During our conversation, I like this quote from Vanessa "Let's not forget this is about moderninsing our approach to work, yes remote work is a key part of it, but we need to look more holistically to say ok flexible work is the way of working (the new way of working)."

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