As smartphones and remote working shift the boundaries between personal life and the workplace, today’s workforce has new expectations from their employers, expectations that businesses ignore at their peril.
“The way we work is changing, no longer confined by office walls or legacy expectations,” says Donna Kimmel, executive vice president and chief people officer at workspace technology experts Citrix. “We’re living the future of work where we have more freedom to work our way at anytime on any device. Employees are expecting a seamless experience to connect and contribute their best (wherever and whenever) and businesses need to be prepared to enable that kind of unbounded productivity.”
“In this new world, where we have the power to interconnect our personal and work lives more than ever, open dialogue, trust and respect are paramount if businesses are going to enable their employees to be at their best every day.”
For business leaders, this new employee-centric world poses a variety of practical and technological challenges. How can they ensure data security and privacy on multiple devices? And how can organizations operate all the IT infrastructure and Cloud services needed for mobility, networking and remote working while also providing employees with a seamless user experience, wherever they are working and whatever device they are using?
To deliver the employee experience that new generations are demanding, businesses are increasingly turning to integrated technology services such as Citrix Workspace, which enables the secure delivery of data and apps while helping create a culture of respect and empowerment that engages and inspires today’s employees.
“Citrix Workspace can make employers be heroes by boosting productivity and saving people time by cutting out the noise,” Kimmel says. “By having everything in one place, using smart technology, people can spend less time jumping between apps and more time being creative, designing new products and services and to pushing the limits of innovation.”
