This year we have sought to develop a series of local solutions underpinned by our global Flexibility Principles. For example, we have launched an initiative across all our German offices to promote flexibility and in London we have continued to further develop our health and wellbeing strategy.
We are also looking to achieve greater efficiencies, as well as flexibility for the people concerned, within Business Services, by sharing of services teams internally and investigating the potential for outsourcing and offshoring.
We encourage our people to seek and take opportunities, whether short- or long-term, to move around the firm, whether that be to another office or down the corridor. The important thing is to provide different opportunities and imbue our people with a spirit of openness and a global mindset. We encourage them to embrace different cultures and share ideas and working practices.
In 2010/11, 214 of our people were seconded to a Linklaters office in another country.
