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"Every clued-in business leader in America is now aware that workplace flexibility is a business imperative."
Kathleen E. Christensen is the Program Director for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This article was published on her blog on Huffington Post on February 1, 2011. Click here to see the entire post.
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March 11, 2011
G. Brint Ryan discusses how workplace flexibility is a key business strategy at Ryan Inc., leading to reduced turnover, increased revenue, profits and client service scores.
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March 7, 2011
Shortly after joining ABC News as a senior consultant for "Good Morning America” in 2001, Claire Shipman learned she had been branded a “nonjumper.” And not in a good way.
“It’s just that everyone else at this company jumps and you don’t,” she recalls being told by one exasperated network executive. The fact that, unlike her colleagues, she was unwilling to put the demands of the network above all else made her “complicated,” she was warned.
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February 22, 2011
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February 22, 2011
I was summoned to a pitch by a PR guy a few weeks ago. The scene was typical of Wall Street: a swanky bar and two earnest would-be sources: Nick Leopard, 30 and Andy Blechman, 27. These guys were polished, young and had impressive suits and equally impressive resumes. Heck, they were both captains of their respective D-1 college lacrosse teams, which is a guaranteed foot in the door at virtually any bulge-bracket, or top-tier, bank.
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February 14, 2011
With an emphasis on a solutions-based approach, this article explores key factors of a successful transition to a virtual organization and includes real-life scenarios to illustrate both effective and ineffective approaches, with a focus on leadership styles, the effectiveness of virtual working teams, communication, technology, virtual meetings and management, and global virtual teams.
Research
February 14, 2011
An analysis of recent studies suggests that employee-controlled flexible working arrangements, such as self-scheduled work hours and telework, have a positive impact on employees' mental and physical health and their general well-being.
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February 7, 2011
Companies spend billions on rent, offices, and office equipment so their employees will have a great place to work.
However, when you ask people where they go when they really need to get something done, you'll rarely hear them say it's the office.
If you ask, you'll usually get one of three kinds of responses: A place, a moving object, or a time.
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February 7, 2011
Hank Jackson & Ellen Galinsky announce the new SHRM and FWI partnership on workplace flexibility - Moving Work Forward.
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February 3, 2011
Admiral Mike Mullen announces a new partnership between SHRM and FWI that will help organizations be more successful by transforming the way businesses view and adopt flexible workplace practices.
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February 1, 2011
Dr. Shirley Davis announces that SHRM is partnering with the Families and Work Institute to increase workplace flexibility.
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January 28, 2011
Author Tamara Erickson discusses how today’s competitive companies successfully recruit and retain talent by addressing three key factors: time, place and approach to the way work is done.
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January 20, 2011
Ellen Galinsky and James T. Bond
Economic recessions are associated with significant revenue and earning declines for most employers, and, consequently, with higher rates of unemployment and underemployment for American employees—as well as with other changes in life on the job.
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January 19, 2011
High salaries and hefty bonuses aren’t what keep high-performing employees devoted to their jobs, even in a dismal work environment. What you must give them is something they can’t put a value on. Managers must turn to sustainable alternatives that truly satisfy employees’ needs and wants.
Below are three levers of real value. The cost of investment: minimal. The payoff: inestimable.
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January 19, 2011
As the peak season for the nation’s accounting firms begins, David Leeds’s team at Ernst & Young is once again bracing for two months of 60-hour weeks auditing the books of a major bank in Atlanta.
In years past, those grueling weeks often fueled nasty marital spats about missed dinners and children’s tantrums over forgotten basketball games.
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January 19, 2011
The quality of employees’ personal/family lives is positively affected as a result of implementing flexible work arrangements, according to two-thirds of HR professionals (68%). Another two-thirds (67%) of HR professionals believe implementation of formal flexible work arrangements has a positive impact on employee morale, job satisfaction and engagement.
Research
January 19, 2011
Changes all around us, including economic factors, are forcing organizations to re-evaluate the way they do business and develop alternative approaches to work. Findings from this research report reveal that the reasons that prompted organizations to offer flexible work arrangements (FWAs) range from requests from employees to organizational reasons and technological advances in teleworking.
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January 19, 2011