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Facebook Exec Works Four-Day Work Week

Samantha Parent Walravens | Posted 05.16.2013 | Women
Samantha Parent Walravens

Flexible work options will define the future of the workplace. Corporate America will change -- it is already happening -- not just to accommodate the needs of working parents, but to accommodate the younger generations who have grown up on mobile devices.

Why Marissa Mayer Makes Me Mad as a Mom and a Manager

Ann Francke | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Ann Francke

Mayer's decision, ironically, is a huge diss on her own product set. It's like she's saying what Yahoo! offers doesn't deliver when it comes to creating meaningful human exchanges. For that we apparently need to resort to offices cubicles and water cooler encounters.

Regardless of Marissa Mayer, Workplace Flexibility Is Here to Stay

Samantha Parent Walravens | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business
Samantha Parent Walravens

A report issued by the Council of Economic Advisers showed that the adoption of flexible workplace policies could save as much as $15 billion a year through greater productivity, lower turnover and reduced absentee hours.

Yahoo Phone Home

Dan Weisbeck | Posted 04.30.2013 | Business
Dan Weisbeck

As we bring technology interaction to life, and we move beyond the traditional screen world of the Internet, so too must we free up content and collaboration so it can move with us from any environment to any device seamlessly.

Marissa's Mistake: Eliminating Workplace Flexibility Is Bad for Business

Rachel Dempsey | Posted 04.27.2013 | Women
Rachel Dempsey

Am I going to have to pretend I won't put my kids first if I want to climb to the top? And if I'm not willing to do that, is that the same as "opting out"? I'm in law school because I want to have a great career, but I refuse to accept that means I'll never have kids -- or, if I do, I'll never see them.

5 Last Minute Gifts for the Job Seeker

Sara Sutton Fell | Posted 02.20.2013 | Business
Sara Sutton Fell

Being unemployed during the holidays can take twice the toll on someone looking for work. If you know a person whose job search spirits you'd like to lift, here are some thoughtful gifts to help them land a job.

Workplace Flexibility Is Best When Determined by the Team

Allison O'Kelly | Posted 02.03.2013 | Business
Allison O'Kelly

Experts agree that workplace flexibility is viable only when both the employer and employee mutually benefit from the program. So how do we know that what's good for the goose (employee) is also good for the gander (employer)?

Flexible Force: Learning From the Olympics' Legacy and Embracing Change

Nelson Phillips | Posted 01.20.2013 | Technology
Nelson Phillips

Resources can now be put in place to close the book on companies suffering from downtime. It's now over to the senior management to listen to the various demographics of their workforce and accept that change can be a positive, rather than purely disruptive force.

4 Tips for Working From the Road During the Holidays

Sara Sutton Fell | Posted 01.14.2013 | Business
Sara Sutton Fell

Even if you have the best intentions of taking time off to celebrate the holidays, work will manage to sneak in through one of your devices, so be prepared.

The Second Debate: In Pursuit of Women Voters

David Coates | Posted 10.17.2012 | Politics
David Coates

One of the most telling questions in the second debate focused on the gender pay gap: asking in what ways the candidates would "rectify the inequalities in the workplace. The Romney answer was an embarrassment and the president could have said more.