Workplace Flexibility:Creating a Legend in Its Own Time

Workplace Flexibility:Creating a Legend in Its Own

Time

Twiga FoundationSticking Your Neck Out to Save the

World

Workplace Flexibility is the dynamic relationship about

how, when and where work is done and how careers are

organized that works for both the employer and the employee.

Workplace Flexibility is not an Illusion

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Imagine work/life fit that integrates work responsibilities and their family obligations so both prosper.

Experience the positive environmental and financial impacts of having employees in the most suitable location to enhance results and increase productivity.

Conceive a culture in which 4 generations work together to grow and manage their careers in a global economy.

Workplace Flexibility Xray Vision

A Meeting in a Flash

Confirm the research that flexibility leads to more committed employees; reducing absenteeism and turnover costs and increasing productivity and stock value.

Trust that an effective and flexible workplace is a business imperative.

Workplace Flexibility Xray Vision


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Super Powers of Workplace Flexibility





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“The new model of work should be based on the concept of accountability. The goal of this model is to transform the way we work and enhance the way we live.

The Accountability Model will enable organizations to design work arrangements that are adaptable to the ebb and flow of both the economy and life changes.”

All workers have caregiving responsibilitiesAll workers will need to adjust the time they spend doing paid and unpaid work at various stages of their lives.All workers are responsible for achieving desired outcomes.

Created by Amy Brown and Rachel Barbour, Senior Consultants, Twiga Foundation

Based on research from WF2010 and Families & Work Institute

Accountability Model“a meeting in a flash”

1.When is it acceptable for an employee to use a flexible work arrangement?

2.What are the unwritten work rules?

3.Who made up the work rules? When were the rules created?

4.In the current business climate, do these rules produce desired outcomes?


“a meeting in a flash”

a meeting in a a meeting in a FlashFlash

National Super Heroes on Workplace Flexibility

Workplace Flexibility: Creating The Conversation

1. Do you think flexibility is a business imperative or an employee accommodation? Why?

2. What is one flexible work arrangement your employer does or could easily offer?


Workplace Flexibility: Creating The Conversation

3. How would flexibility enhance recruitment, engagement and

retention of your workforce?

4. How could flexibility be a tool to increase productivity?

5. What do you see as the biggest hurdle in creating a more flexible workplace?


Trust

Team Work

Employees First

Renewal

Dual Centric Workforce

Super Power Characteristics of a Flexible Workplace

Job Challenge and Learning

Use my skills and abilities

Work is meaningful

Work is creative

Do different things

Learn new things

Work-Life Fit

Supervisor and Co-Worker support to manage my work and family responsibilities

Schedule flexibility to manage work and family life

Schedule/shift meets my needs and the job needs

Key Components of a Super Effective and Flexible

Workplace

Autonomy

Say in what happens in my job responsibilities

Freedom to decide how to do my job best

Be myself on my job

Supervisor Task Support

Support when I have a work challenge

Recognition of work well done

Informed of things I need to know to do a good job


Workplace

Climate of Respect and Trust

Trust what management says

Managers deal ethically with employees and clients

Managers seek information and new ideas from employees

Economic Security

Satisfaction with earnings

Satisfaction with benefits

Satisfaction with career advancement opportunities


Workplace

You are Super Heroes of HR

Apply for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility on line at www.whenworkworks.org

Join in the national conversation on workplace flexibility through social networking www.wfnetork.bc.edu/blog/

Visit www.workplaceflexibility.org for more information and access to the latest research

Continuing the Conversation…


Visit the White House Council on Women and Girls Website to read more and register for the Work-flex Event Starter Kit http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg/work-flex-kit/sample

Sign up as a champion with Corporate Voices for Working Families www.corporatevoices.org/our-work/flescampaign

Contact the Twiga Foundation, Inc www.twigafoundation.org for more tools and assistance in creating an effective and flexible workplace

Continuing the Conversation…
