Many organizations think the work stops once they approve a flex, but really it's just beginning. Read on to see if you've made any of these implementation mistakes.
TIME | DAN SCHAWBEL | Posted 12.22.2011
The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule. New evidence shows that we're reaching a tipping point in terms of ...
Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 02.06.2012
If you've ever thought of work as a refuge from the things that aren't going so well in your personal life, you may be in denial, new research suggests.
Cali Williams Yost | Posted 12.07.2011
As I contemplated what to write about in my post for National Work and Family Month, an interesting piece of research crossed my desk entitled, "Are Family-Friendly Workplace Practices a Valuable Firm Resource?"
Kathie Lingle | Posted 11.23.2011
Taking control of your own life at work takes courage -- the courage to stand up and push back in defense of your own values in the face of intense pressure to behave otherwise.
Joan Williams | Posted 09.25.2011
The common assumption is that workplace flexibility is impractical for hourly workers. Not so.
Joan Williams | Posted 07.13.2011
The best way to solve the airport slumber-party problem may not be to schedule two controllers on overnight shifts. A cheaper alternative is to redesign schedules so controllers can get enough sleep.
Marcia Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011
We need more women in decision-making roles and men who don't believe in the old models where power equals dominance, control and obsessively thinking about work.
Nanette Fondas | Posted 05.25.2011
A recent Government Accounting Office report found that the number of women managers increased only 1 percent between 2000 and 2007. Why such a small increase? The acronym WOMEN can remind us of the barriers still to overcome.
Bill Singer | Posted 05.25.2011
If we value families, then why is the economic burden of raising them always pressed upon women at the cost of fair pay and career opportunities? Whatever happened to the concept of shared sacrifice?
Nanette Fondas | Posted 11.17.2011
The key to a successful workplace is to find the fit that keeps each person productive and engaged, not just mothers but all others too: young, old, fast- and slow-lane, single, parents, newcomers, and veteran workers.
Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011
For over two years, The Four Hour Work Week has been a national bestseller. Why? Because most of us resent feeling tethered to our jobs, and we know w...
Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 05.25.2011
At the inaugural White House Forum on Workplace Flexibility yesterday President Obama stressed the profound disconnect between the needs of our famili...
Kathie Lingle | Posted 11.17.2011
There is still a lot of misinformation out there and workplaces that are resistant to change. Research shows that workplace flexibility can indeed be a win-win, both improving lives and strengthening business.
Sherry Moss | Posted 11.17.2011
Anne Tobas is 55 years of age but says she doesn't feel a day over 21. She recently challenged her 32-year-old son to the 50-yard dash and whipped his behind.
Sherry Moss | Posted 11.17.2011
Are less than 13 minutes of my daughter's glory worth enduring 10 hours of sweat, questionable concession stand food, and whining from the sometimes tag-a-long younger brother?
Ellen Galinsky | Posted 11.17.2011
Smart employers are using flexible work options to manage through the recession -- and help their employees manage.
Sherry Moss | Posted 11.17.2011
Flexible work hours allow employers to tap into the hidden workforce of women who want to find the balance between work life and home life.
Sherry Moss | Posted 11.17.2011
Most women are stuck in a purgatory between two distinct choices -- work full-time and miss many of their kids' triumphs and challenges, or stay home and miss out on their ability to express themselves professionally in a grown-up environment.
Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 11.17.2011
Christine Heenan, who spent her twenties in the Clinton White House, notes that even after jumping off the corporate ladder, "You can absolutely come out on top."
Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson | Posted 11.17.2011
We've read a number of studies that talk about how it's not uncommon for managers at large organizations to "fly under the radar" with their own pro-employee, results-oriented work culture.
Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 05.25.2011
The women who are outraged that she used state funds to bring her kids along better shut up and shut up quick.
Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011
If he can infuse the huge federal engine with bite-sized, doable tasks that all link together somehow, he will be a mystery reformer -- a relatively low-key, undramatic force that renews and redirects an ineffective establishment.
Kyra Cavanaugh | Posted 03.06.2012