The changing needs of organizations and business need to make profits have continuously increased. The employee population and their needs keep changing. The employers need to offer flexible alternatives that will satisfy the employees. Flexible benefits goes beyond the workplace consultants and human resource managers (Cushway, 2011).
Experts in the field of benefits strategy need continuously update their stocks of knowledge. Acquainting oneself to the new types of flexible benefits involves analyzing the workplace and the employees. The employees should give their opinions and their levels of satisfaction. The feedback will allow the experts in the field of strategy to formulate flexible benefits strategy (Armstrong, 2007). The expert should dedicate time to go for training on the best practices in the workplace. Training involves attending to seminars, workshops and field trips on flexible benefits strategies.
The experts in the field of flexible benefits strategy should conduct evaluations at the workplace. The evaluations allow the experts to attach the flexible benefits to performance. The evaluations should happen periodically to allow replacement of old practices. It is important for the experts to invest resources to study what other organizations. Many organizations are using technology to implement most of its practices like ad hoc telecommuting and flex time (Williams & Gilmore, 2012). Experts should benchmark the organizations practices with organizations that have excelled in the field of flexible benefits. It may involve visiting those organizations and learning from them.
The experts should create a culture that will allow for flexible befits strategy to thrive. A culture that allows implementation of flexible benefits strategy is a workplace culture that allows communication to happen with problems. Poor communication in the workplace will hinder implementation because the experts will not learn of the issues that arise among the employees.
References
Armstrong, M. (2007). A handbook of employee reward management and practice. Philadelphia: Kogan Page.
Cushway, B. (2011). The Employer's Handbook 2011-12. London: Kogan Page.
Gilmore, S., & Williams, S. (2012). Human resource management. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
