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Telework Tipping Point

Josh Sawislak | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Telework, Technology, Management, Telework Week, Telework Exchange, Telework Week 2012, Tipping Point, Telecommuting, DC News
Josh Sawislak

Time will tell if we have reached that tipping point, but one thing is quite evident, there is more and more proof every day that people are not content to be stuck using 20th century approaches to address 21st century problems.

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Your Start-Up Life: How to Get Flexibility at Work?

Rana Florida | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Stress, Traffic, Talent, Tips, Rush Hour, Your Start-Up Life, Go-to-Meeting, Commuting, Commute, Entrepreneurs, Skype, Business, Workplace Flexibility, Telecommuting, Advice, Productivity, Work Life Balance, Work-Life Balance Tips, Commuting Health, Commuting Health Study, Business News
Rana Florida

Feel free to let your boss know that a new study released by the Center for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, and American Cancer Society has confirmed what many have long suspected: that lengthy car commutes are terrible for your health.

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Calling for Storms

Cindy Auten | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Mobile Devices, Earth Day, Federal Government, Mobility, Telework Exchange, Telework, Technology, Security, Federal IT, Tablets, Telecommuting, Technology News
Cindy Auten

With the increasing use of mobile devices like laptops, smartphones and tablets, an organization's infrastructure must be able to support a new workforce that doesn't work strictly from their office.

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The Strange Thing People Would Trade Their Spouses For

Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Teamviewer, Divorce News, Divorce, Divorce Study, Telecommute Study, Telecommuting, Divorce News

It's crazy what some people will do for the chance to ditch the office. According to a new survey by software company TeamViewer, 5 percent of 2,6...

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Mobility and Access: Driving Government on the Information Superhighway

Josh Sawislak | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Telework, Cloud Computing, Teleworking, Government Telework, Telecommuting, Government Social Media, Social Media, Steven VanRoekel, Steven VanRoekel Telework, DC News
Josh Sawislak

The real sea change here is not a federal commitment to cloud computing, telework, or even social media, but rather a realization that the nature of work and government service to its citizens has changed.

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Sizable Minority Of Global Workers Don't Commute To An Office

Reuters | Patricia Reaney | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Video, Workers Telecommute, Global Workers, Reuters, Business News, Telecommunications, Commuting, Commute, Telecommuting, Emerging Markets, Business News

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin Am...

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5 New Trends in Work

Delia Lloyd | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Changing Nature of Work, Benefits of Telecommuting, Benefits of Working Fewer Hours, Coffice, Adult Internships, Freelancing and Multiple Income Streams, Shared Workspace, Telecommuting and Efficiency, Telecommuting, Virtual Offices, Business News
Delia Lloyd

Lately, I've been struck by how much the nature of work seems to be changing right now. In fact, the very definition of work -- what it means and how it's carried out -- seems to be in flux.

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Alan Greenspan Thinks I'm on to Something

Josh Sawislak | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Telework, Management, Telework Exchange, Knowledge Workers, Management Styles, Management Types, Management by Attendance, Work Styles, Telecommunications, Telecommuting, DC News
Josh Sawislak

A while back I had the pleasure of hearing Alan Greenspan talk about innovation. When he agreed to take some questions, I figured I had a shot at some objective thoughts on some of my nature of work theories.

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Top 13 Government Agencies For Telecommuting

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Government Jobs Telework, Telecommute, Video, Government Telework, Telework, Work-Remotely, Government Telecommute, Telecommuting, Telecommute Government Jobs, DC News

The battle between the public and private sectors to attract top talent often boils down to workplace intangibles such as work/life balance. And few e...

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Gridlocked: Staring at Brake Lights and Holding First Place

John B. Townsend II | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Gridlock, Texas Transportation Institute, Traffic, Gas Prices, Traffic Congestion, Cars, Dc Traffic, Commuting, Telecommuting, DC News
John B. Townsend II

It is ironic that our region, the capital of the free world, suffers from world-class gridlock in the political process and on area roads.

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10 Nontraditional Flexible Workplace Practices

Mark Harbeke | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: National Work and Family Month, Workplace Flexibility, Telecommuting, Business News
Mark Harbeke

Small business leaders, especially, can use a springboard to better balance keeping their workers happy, energized and most productive with managing costs. Here's a list of recommendations for doing just that.

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Caution: Telework Ahead

Cindy Auten | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Telework, National Work and Family Month, Telecommuting, Business News
Cindy Auten

Before you park the car and start teleworking, I want to set the record straight. It's not all sunshine and roses, you know.

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12 Tips for Making Your Telework Arrangement Succeed

Susan Seitel | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Telecommunications, National Work and Family Month, Work From Home, Telecommuting, Technology News
Susan Seitel

October is National Work and Family Month and that may be a great time to request a work-from-home arrangement. Call it a pilot, promising to monitor your productivity and measure your results.

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How Many Hours Do Telecommuters Really Work?

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Small Business News and Trends, Rosemary Haefner, Telecommuting, Work From Home, Careerbuilder, Productivity, Small Business News

According to a new survey by CareerBuilder, 31 percent of telecommuters work in their pajamas. The study, which surveyed nearly 5,300 employees, a...

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Survey Says: What Really Makes Employees Happy?

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: HR Benefits, Survey Says, Employee Benefits, Small Business News and Trends, Managing Employees, Telecommuting, Employee Productivity, Small Business News

How much do people love working from home? How stressed are small-business owners? And how much do today's teens care about jobs? The answers might su...

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Two Work-From-Home Danger Zones And How To Beat Them Back

Karen Leland | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Small Business, Telecommuting, Small Business America, Time Management, Small Business Advice, Business Advice, Home-Based Business, Business News
Karen Leland

Pondering my own situation got me wondering about what other non-productive work-from-home habits other small business owners might be struggling with.

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Starbucks And Makeup: The Daily Ritual Of The Telecommuter

Morra Aarons-Mele | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working Mothers, Telecommuting, Working at Home, Telecommuters, Working From Home, Careers, Stay-at-Home Moms, Mothers' Hours, Remote Workers, Healthy Living News
Morra Aarons-Mele

Many of us, and not just mothers, structure a workday that meets our needs. But work is still work, and we're creating a new set of rituals to create a semblance of a workday with a beginning, middle and end.

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Train as You Fight

Josh Sawislak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Incident Management, Telework Week, Telework, Coop, Telework Exchange, Work From Home, Telecommuting, Business Continuity, Technology News
Josh Sawislak

I've used this space to talk about a lot of issues related to telework, such as the personal benefits to the teleworker and the productivity increase ...

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Divorce Before the Digital Deluge

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Swiftboating, Marriage, Al Gore, Divorce, John Kerry, George W. Bush, Twitter, Facebook, Telecommuting, Joint Custody, U.S. Supreme Court, Separation, Divorce News
Dave Astor

I'm glad my first wife and I separated the year Al Gore got "Supreme Courted" rather than the year John Kerry got "swiftboated."

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Workforce Flexibility Promotes Employment of People with Disabilities

Robin Shaffert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time Off, Americans With Disabilities Act, Family-and-Medical-Leave-Laws, Flexible Work Arrangements, Unemployment Rate, People With Disabilities, Part-Time, Disability, Paid Sick Leave, Workplace Flexibility, Telecommuting, Employment Rate, Business News
Robin Shaffert

We need to explore more fully the importance of predictability in scheduling and the options for expanded paid and unpaid leave in order to address the needs for flexibility of an even broader group of workers.

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The Federal Coach: Rethinking the Workplace in the 21st Century

Tom Fox | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Telecommuting, Teleworking, Business News
Tom Fox

One of the major barriers to implementing telework in federal agencies is the assumption by managers that the physical presence of employees equals strong performance

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Dubious Distinctions

Josh Sawislak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Driving, Telework, Telecommuting, Teleworking, Business News
Josh Sawislak

How about we spend less time driving? Lets all spend time doing something that is more important. Getting off the road is good for the environment, good for our wallets, and may keep us out of the emergency room and the body shop.

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A Virtually Perfect Labor Day

Joan Blades | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Virtual Work, Work-Life Balance, Flexible Work Arrangements, Telecommuting, Healthy Living News
Joan Blades

The data about the benefits of virtual work are compelling. Is it really just unthinking fear that is stopping us? But businesses must recognize that there is a flipside to the risks of change - which is that there are risks in not changing, too.

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The Ultimate Man Cave? A Home Office

Laura Vanderkam | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Work Week, Home Office, Man Caves, Work-Life Balance, Father's Day, Time Management, Telecommuting, Healthy Living News
Laura Vanderkam

Combining a man cave with a home office might actually make Dad's life a lot better than the media center you think he's dreaming of.

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Dan Froomkin

White House Launches Push For Workplace Flexibility

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Employees, Children, Motherhood, Human Resources, Obama, Parenting, Telecommuting, Hours, Linda Meric, White House, Workplace, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Employers, Health, Peter Berg, Office, Fatherhood, Flexibility, Society, Families, Politics News

Two out of three American families are so-called "juggler families," in which parents are forever trying to balance the needs of their job with the ne...

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