Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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(Check out my latest Fast Company blog post, “Launching the “Attention” Movement, Distracted by Maggie Jackson)
One of the most entrenched mindset shifts we need to make about work and life in the 21st century is that it’s no longer a dichotomous choice between working or not working. The truth is that there are countless […]
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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(Check out my blog this week at Fast Company.com–$10 Gas! The National Work+Life Flex Solution)
Ohio state government employees are learning the hard way that workplace flexibility must work for them personally and for the business, or it won’t continue. Their flex-gone-wrong scenario is a cautionary tale for all organizations. For flexibility to succeed, […]
Monday, April 28th, 2008
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(Click here to check out this week’s Fast Company post “Work+Life Flex as Retention-Retirement Strategy? Yes, Say More Retirees and Companies“)
A British medical journal, a Canadian magazine and the medical blogosphere have ignited a controversial debate around the following premise:
There are too many women doctors who want to work part-time, which is […]
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
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Recently I was asked to offer tips for two very different groups–working parents for BusinessWeek.com and small businessowners for SmartMoney.com.
BusinessWeek’s Working Parents Blog — How to Keep Your Job (And Flexibility!) in a Recession
For BusinessWeek’s Working Parents Blog, blogger Lauren Young asked me to provide advice to working parents about how to keep […]
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
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I was afraid this would happen. Last month in my Fast Company blog (Recession and Work+Life Fit), I noted that as we move into what increasingly seems like a recession, the response of many will most likely be for innovation related to flexibility and work+life fit to stop because:
“Unfortunately, too many leaders and […]
Friday, February 1st, 2008
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Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been repeatedly asked: “What do you think will happen to work+life fit and flexibility if the economy experiences a recession?”
I think two things will happen. Unfortunately, too many leaders and organizations will default to a shortsighted fall back position, “Forget flexibility. People are […]
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
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(Check out my Fast Company Blog: Top Five Work+Life Fit Goals for 2008)
According to two separate year-end surveys, over 50% of professionals say finding a better work+life fit is their top goal in 2008 (57% from Beyond.com’s, and 53% from Office Depot’s surveys). What will 2008 year-end survey results look like if everyone […]
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
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(Check out my Fast Company Blog: Flexibility Will NOT Hurt Customer Service)
When asked in the 2007 Work+Life Fit Reality Check, “If you could make changes in your work situation, what is the most important change you would make?” People’s top choice was “make more money” at 44%. Having some type of work-life […]
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
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(Go to my Fast Company blog for “U.S. Congress Introduces Flexibility Act! But Where’s the Next Prez?”)
How would you answer the question, “Work-life flexibility in my company is a…” Here’s what the respondents to the 2007 Work+Life Fit Reality Check had to say:
Only 37% of respondents felt their organizations saw flexibility […]
Thursday, December 6th, 2007
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EMPLOYEES WANT THE NEXT PRESIDENT’S AGENDA TO MAKE
WORK LIFE FLEXIBILITY EASIER FOR COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2007 WORK+LIFE FIT REALITY CHECK INCLUDE:
• More want to work differently than work less; only 5 percent favor reducing work schedule by more than 10 hours
• Almost 9 out of 10 believe work life flexibility would have […]