How a “Flexible First” Structure Empowers Employees & Boosts Engagement
Where and how our workforces get their work done every day has changed over recent years, as 87% of Americans would take the chance to work flexibly. That's why Beatriz and Marqeta's People Experience Team created their 'Flexible First' work policy, empowering employees to create a safe and inclusive culture and a workplace that helps them feel like they belong. Beatriz can share how this work-from-anywhere structure helps employees be more productive and strengthens talent recruitment and retention.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover what an HR leader learned through supporting a flexible work policy across a global company with a 60% distributed workforce.
- Learn how a flexible work structure also helps attract and retain top talent, allowing for more prospective employees in cities outside of the company's office locations and giving current employees the option to move.
- See how giving employees the opportunity to select a work structure that works best for them also empowers them to take more time for themselves, which in turn decreases employee burnout.
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Beatriz Fontanella
Beatriz Fontanella is Marqeta’s Senior Director globally leading the Go To Market, People Experience, Finance and Legal, Risk & Compliance functions from a People Business Partner standpoint. Beatriz is an accomplished senior people and business leader with experience developing and implementing HR related best-practices and people strategy support to hyper growth teams. Beatriz has a keen acumen for transforming overall business objectives and vision to meet priorities and create an inclusive and diverse people culture.
Prior to Marqeta, Beatriz held the Senior Director, Human Resources role at Gartner, where she spent almost 10 years. She is a seasoned HR leader who has progressed her career through a number of senior HR leadership positions varying from Country Manager, Early Career Development Director, and Global Head of People Business Partners. Beatriz is originally from Brazil and has global experience, spending time living in Italy and Australia, before relocating to the US in 2015. She has Bachelors in Psychology, is a Certified Coach, and holds a Masters Degree in Group Dynamics. She is passionate about personal development, growth, and loves to travel with her daughter.