Implementation Support: Choose the Right Pathway for Your Organization
Put your reduced-hours plan into practice with the right level of expert support, from light-touch coaching to full-scale implementation at enterprise level.
4 Day Week Global’s Implementation Support offerings provide the structure, guidance, and accountability organizations need to confidently launch, manage, and evaluate a reduced-hours execution or trial. Whether you’re a small SME executing internally, a growing organization needing co-led support, or a complex enterprise implementing at scale, there is a clearly defined pathway to match your size, capacity, and complexity. We offer two types of support, depending on how much hands-on involvement you need - Coaching and Consulting. All options support both trials and direct implementation or rollout.
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Feature |
Guided Implementation CoachingExpert Guidance. You execute |
Partnered Implementation CoachingCo-Led Execution. Shared Accountability |
Design-to-Delivery ConsultingDesign Support & Hands-On Delivery |
Enterprise ConsultingEnd-to-End Implementation at Scale |
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Best For |
SMEs under 50 staff |
SMEs with 50–150 staff |
Organisations needing hands-on facilitation |
Large, complex, or regulated organisations |
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Primary Need |
Expert guidance while executing internally |
Co-led execution with shared accountability |
Fully supported trial delivery |
End-to-end implementation at scale |
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Support Level |
Light-touch |
Medium–high |
High |
Highest |
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Delivery Model |
Coaching, templates, and milestone reviews |
Co-led coaching, dashboards, and milestones |
Facilitated delivery with expert oversight |
Embedded consulting partnership |
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Internal Ownership |
High |
Shared |
Supported |
Shared / embedded |
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Trial Design Included |
No |
No |
Yes (supported) |
Yes (tailored) |
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Typical Use Case |
First reduced-hours trial |
Multi-team or higher-complexity trial |
Organisations wanting confidence through delivery |
Enterprise-wide or multi-site rollout |
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Investment (USD) |
$4,500 – $5,500 |
$8,500 – $9,800 |
$12,000 – $15,000 |
$20,000+ |
Implementation Support at a Glance: Choose Your Best Fit
Use this comparison to quickly decide whether your organization needs light-touch expert guidance or a deeper, co-led implementation partnership to support a reduced-hours execution or a trial.
Both Guided and Partnered Implementation are designed for organizations that already have a defined reduced-hours model and are ready to focus on execution. The key difference lies in the level of hands-on support, shared accountability, and internal capacity required.
Guided Implementation Coaching
Expert Guidance. You execute
Best For
SMEs under 50 staff
Primary Need
Expert guidance while executing internally
Support Level
Light-touch
Delivery Model
Coaching, templates, and milestone reviews
Internal Ownership
High
Trial Design Included
No
Typical Use Case
First reduced-hours trial
Investment (USD)
$4,500 – $5,500
Partnered Implementation Coaching
Co-Led Execution. Shared Accountability
Best For
SMEs with 50–150 staff
Primary Need
Co-led execution with shared accountability
Support Level
Medium–high
Delivery Model
Co-led coaching, dashboards, and milestones
Internal Ownership
Shared
Trial Design Included
No
Typical Use Case
Multi-team or higher-complexity trial
Investment (USD)
$8,500 – $9,800
Design-to-Delivery Consulting
Design Support & Hands-On Delivery
Best For
Organisations needing hands-on facilitation
Primary Need
Fully supported trial delivery
Support Level
High
Delivery Model
Facilitated delivery with expert oversight
Internal Ownership
Supported
Trial Design Included
Yes (supported)
Typical Use Case
Organisations wanting confidence through delivery
Investment (USD)
$12,000 – $15,000
(scoped by departments & facilitation depth)
Enterprise Consulting
End-to-End Implementation at Scale
Best For
Large, complex, or regulated organisations
Primary Need
End-to-end implementation at scale
Support Level
Highest
Delivery Model
Embedded consulting partnership
Internal Ownership
Shared / embedded
Trial Design Included
Yes (tailored)
Typical Use Case
Enterprise-wide or multi-site rollout
Investment (USD)
$20,000+
(scoped by complexity, locations & regulation)
Why Organizations Choose Implementation Support
Designing a reduced-hours model is only the first step. Successful trials depend on execution quality, leadership alignment, clear accountability, realistic workflows, and consistent measurement over time.
Implementation Support bridges the gap between intention and impact. Our structured, evidence-based approach helps organisations put a defined reduced-hours model into practice, reduce risk during transition, and maintain performance as change unfolds.
Whether organizations need light-touch guidance, co-led delivery, high-touch facilitation, or enterprise-level implementation, Implementation Support provides the right level of structure and expertise to move forward with confidence.
This is where plans become lived practice, safely, deliberately, and at scale.
The 4-Day Work Week in Numbers
* Results displayed from the UK’s largest 4-day week trial
Reduction in
staff burnout
| 71%
| 55%
Improved
workability
Reduction in staff resignations
| 83%
Improved likelihood of retaining talent
| 57%
The Implementation Journey: Your 3-Phase Support Framework
The 4 Day Week Global Implementation Framework takes your organization from trial readiness to confident execution and review. Across three structured phases, you’ll prepare leaders and teams, launch your reduced-hours trial with expert support, and evaluate outcomes to decide what comes next.
Whether you choose Guided or Partnered Implementation, this is the same proven implementation journey used to support organisations through safe, measurable reduced-hours trials, without disrupting performance or trust.
A Proven Journey Trusted by Organisations Worldwide
By the end of an Implementation Support engagement, your organization can have:
A live reduced-hours trial launched with confidence
Clear performance, wellbeing, and operational measures actively in use
Defined leadership roles and accountability throughout the trial
Practical productivity improvements embedded into day-to-day work
Evidence and insight to decide whether to sustain, refine, or scale
This is the structured, evidence-based implementation process behind the world’s most successful reduced-hours trials, now available for organizations ready to move from planning into practice and learn what works in their real operating context.
Ready to Implement with Confidence?
Choose the implementation pathway that best matches your organisation’s size, complexity, and level of support required.
Guided Implementation
Coaching
Best for: SMEs under 50 staff
Support level: Light-touch guidance
Ownership: Mostly internal
Expert coaching, templates, and milestone reviews to help you confidently launch your first reduced-hours trial while keeping execution in-house.
Partnered Implementation
Coaching
Best for: SMEs 50–150 staff
Support level: Co-led delivery
Ownership: Shared
Structured, milestone-based coaching with hands-on expert support to manage complexity, alignment, and momentum across teams.
Design-to-Delivery
Consulting
Best for: Organisations wanting hands-on facilitation
Support level: High-touch delivery
Ownership: Supported execution
End-to-end support to run a live reduced-hours trial with active facilitation, coordination, and expert oversight throughout.
Enterprise Implementation Consulting
Best for: Large or complex organisations
Support level: Full partnership
Ownership: Embedded consulting
Enterprise-grade consulting for multi-site, regulated, or high-complexity environments implementing at scale.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Both Guided and Partnered Implementation follow the same proven implementation framework and support organizations through a reduced-hours trial.
The difference lies in the level of hands-on support and shared accountability. Guided Implementation is light-touch and ideal for smaller teams executing internally, while Partnered Implementation offers deeper, co-led support for organizations managing greater complexity.
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We strongly recommend it.
Organizations that complete the Design Program typically enter implementation with clearer goals, stronger alignment, and fewer risks. That said, if you already have a well-developed plan and internal alignment, we can assess readiness during a discovery conversation.
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Yes. Many organizations start with Guided Implementation and move into Partnered Implementation or additional support once the trial is underway.
This allows teams to begin with a lower level of support and scale up if complexity, risk, or internal capacity changes.
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Implementation Support is designed to work with your existing capacity, not overwhelm it.
Guided Implementation assumes higher internal ownership, while Partnered Implementation shares the load more closely. In both cases, we help leaders prioritise, simplify, and redesign workflows so implementation feels manageable, not additive.
Implement with confidence. Learn what works.
We’ve supported 2,500+ organizations, in collaboration with our global research and delivery partners, to design and implement reduced-hours work across 37 countries. We understand what it takes to move from planning into practice, and we’ll guide you honestly based on your organization’s context.