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Fostering Flexibility

You recognize that building a flexible workplace benefits both employer and employee. Explore the opportunities here, where we’ve assembled materials to guide organizations as well as the latest research and news on flexible workplaces.

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Workplace Resources

Looking to build a flexible workplace that works for both employers and employees? These resources will facilitate the process and provide support.

• Ed & Emma

Story of two staffers

• Off-Ramping Programs

Retain workers on extended leave

• Flexible Work & Health

Research shows flexers are healthier

• Corporate Sabbatical How-To

Key policy considerations

• Bridging the Gap

Making flexible work--work

• Profiles in Flexibility

WellStar Health System

• Hiring Self-Starters Easier

Trends from flexible employers

• Managing Telecommuters

Connecting & measuring remote teams

• Elder Care Benefits

Support for adult caregivers

• 10 Tips to Launch Work/Life Program

Lessons learned at RSM McGladrey

• Generational Turnover

The 2010 Meltdown

• Results-Based Job Descriptions

Clear steps to evaluate based on results

• Results Only Work Environments

Q&A with workplace revolutionaries

• Managers Must Model The Way

Perspectives from MIT

• Effecting Change

4 steps to culture shifts

• Unleashed

Changing culture of face time

• Childcare Benefits

Employer support for parents

• Top-Down to Top-Out

Managing flexible staff

• The Mom Advantage

Being hospitable to working moms

• Profiles in Flexibility

Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek

• Managing Flexible Workers

4 communication tips

• Off Ramping

Maintain ties with past employees

• Business Impact of Stress

Tips to lighten up

• Life/Work During Downturn

"Glued to their seats"

• Job Sharing

Rules and best practices

• Promoting Flexibility In-House

Five-month communication plan

• Flex Work Agreements

Rules of engagement

• Managing a Flexible Workplace

The trust continuum

• Alternative Workspaces

The new office

• Good Management "A Ha!"

Support for flexible managers

• Unplug on Vacation

Productivity and health benefits

• It Doesn't Make Sense Not To

Lessons from Shakespeare Squared

• The Foundation is Free

Leading trends in workplace flexibility

• Now Open Late

Customers service drives flex

• Working 4 Utah

High satisfaction for 4-day workweek

• Profiles in Flexibility

Albert Kahn Family of Companies

• Employees Ready to "Shove It"

Battling turnover in a recovery

• Not a Women's Issue

Women now 50% of workforce

• Measure Twice, Know Once

Calculating the value of flex

• Six Predictions for 2010

Work life issues for the new year

Reference Desk

Many employers and organizations are helping take flexible work mainstream. These reports, news accounts, and reference materials capture the cause.

• Flex News
• Recommended Reading
• Work/Life Organizations

Scholarly, nonprofit & gov. groups

• Flex-Friendly Companies

Examples and best practices

• Flexible Work Policies

Policy examples and resources

• Flex News Blog

Our take on the news

• Research Findings

Data and ROI

• Webinar Rebroadcast

Work/Life Issues in America

• White paper: Work/Life Issues in America

Employer and employee perspectives

• Podcast

Introduction to our site & services

• Life Meets Work

Our services

• Life Meets Work

Speaking and workshops

• Life Meets Work

Chicago Roundtable

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