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////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// believe that remote employees are actually as productive as those in the office. easy to maintain productivity while they’re away from their desks. Drilling into the details of the survey, we see just how important it is to think through the technological aspect of flexible and remote work initiatives. A full 95% of employees believe the technology they have access to positively impacts their productivity levels at work, and 51% of managers say they see a direct correlation between technology available to workers and their productivity – but only 31% of remote workers say it’s Whatever choices you make about workplace flexibility, the last thing you want to do is leave employees less able to get their work done. When there’s a gap between the remote work policy you’re introducing and the infrastructure you provide, you run a high risk of dissatisfaction among both employees and managers, and that can derail what could have been a highly valuable programme. Instead of helping www.intelligentcio.com FEATURE: MOBILE WORKFORCE Donna Kimmel, CHRO, Citrix INTELLIGENTCIO 43